A mindset is not fixed — it’s formed.

This is a core teaching episode where we go deep so you can be fully supported in the application that follows.

In this episode, we move beyond surface-level thought management and uncover the identity-level mindsets that keep many believers stuck. You’ll learn how toxic thinking patterns are formed, how they become wired into the brain through repetition, and why awareness alone does not create lasting change.

Rooted in 2 Corinthians 10:5 and supported by neuroscience, we lay the theological and neurological foundation for true mind renewal. You’ll understand what it really means to take thoughts captive, how your spiritual “benefits package” in Christ is already yours, and why renewing your mind requires intentional participation.

This episode builds the framework. Episode 38 walks you through applying it in real time using Catch–Shift–Thank–Release (CSTR).

• A thought is momentary; a mindset is a repeated pattern that becomes a lived way of showing up.
• Mindsets are learned — which means they can be unlearned and rewired.
• Neuroplasticity explains why repeated thoughts strengthen neural pathways and begin to feel automatic.
• Salvation makes your spirit new instantly, but mind renewal is the ongoing process of aligning your soul (mind, will, emotions) with God’s truth.
• 2 Corinthians 10:5 is action language: identify the wrong thought, arrest it, and bring it under Christ’s authority.
• Your “benefits package” in Christ includes identity, peace, authority, purpose, and the Holy Spirit — but your mind must be renewed to consistently receive and live from it.

Many believers aren’t stuck because they lack faith. They’re stuck because an identity-level mindset is still running the show.

Heaven says yes. But the soul often says not yet.

Mind renewal is how your thinking begins to agree with what heaven has already declared — so you can live from your inheritance instead of striving for what God already provided.

In this episode, you’re introduced to Catch–Shift–Thank–Release (CSTR) as a framework for mindset-level transformation.

CSTR is not about managing one negative thought. It is a structured way to identify the deeper identity agreement driving your reactions, shift into Scripture-aligned truth, reinforce gratitude, and surrender old patterns.

This tool helps you interrupt toxic thinking at the root, align your mind with your spiritual inheritance, and strengthen new neural pathways through repetition.

Download the companion handout and become familiar with the process. The more comfortable you are with CSTR now, the deeper you’ll go in Episode 38, where we walk through a real-time mindset reset together.

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In this Application Episode, we move from understanding to practice. Many believers begin to notice unhelpful thought patterns after learning about mind renewal — but then feel unsure what to do next. This episode gently guides you through the how of awareness, helping you identify the mindset lenses that have been shaping your thoughts, emotions, and reactions, often without conscious awareness.

Rather than rushing to fix or change anything, this episode slows the process down. Through nervous system regulation, intentional pauses, and a Positive and Negative Mindset Inventory, you are invited to observe your patterns with curiosity and compassion. This approach honors how God designed both the brain and the soul to heal — through safety, awareness, and truth.

Blending neuroscience and Scripture, this episode reinforces that mind renewal is not about effort or performance, but about partnership with the Holy Spirit as He brings clarity, conviction, and transformation over time.

• Awareness is the foundation of lasting transformation
• Mindsets are learned patterns, not character flaws
• Multiple mindsets often operate at the same time, creating an overall lens
• What you notice most often reveals where renewal is needed most
• God invites observation before correction

Many believers feel discouraged when they understand truth intellectually but still struggle emotionally or behaviorally. This gap is not a spiritual failure — it is often the result of automatic thought patterns that have not yet been brought into the light.

Learning how to identify your dominant mindset lens removes shame and restores hope. When awareness increases, choice expands — and transformation becomes possible.

In this Application Episode, listeners are invited to actively engage with the Positive and Negative Mindset Inventory introduced in this episode.

This guide is designed to help you:

• Notice which mindset patterns show up most frequently
• Begin to see whether your overall lens tends to lean positive or negative
• Observe which mindsets are situational and which feel more familiar or automatic
• Practice awareness with curiosity, grace, and no pressure to change

The inventory is not meant to label or diagnose you. It is a tool to help you see clearly — so renewal can happen gently and intentionally. DOWNLOAD ➡️ Mindset Inventory

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Many believers love God deeply — yet still feel stuck in old patterns of thinking, reacting, and coping. In this Core Episode, we explore a disconnect many believers experience but rarely talk about: salvation is complete, yet transformation often feels slow.

Scripture tells us that in Christ we are a new creation — our spirit is made new in a moment. But our soul — our mind, will, and emotions — must be renewed over time. That renewal process is where many of us get stuck, not because we lack faith, but because of the mindsets we’ve learned and carried with us.

Blending Scripture and neuroscience, this teaching reframes renewal as a grace‑filled process rather than a performance‑based one and invites you to begin noticing the lens you’ve been living through.

• Salvation makes you new instantly, but mind renewal is a process that unfolds over time
• Mindsets are learned patterns — not moral failures — and they quietly shape identity and behavior
• Knowing truth is not the same as living free when mindsets remain unexamined
• Limiting mindsets can block our ability to receive what God has already given us at salvation
• Awareness, not willpower, is the starting point for lasting transformation

When salvation and lived experience feel disconnected, many believers assume something is wrong with them. In reality, the issue is often unrenewed thinking — not lack of faith.

Understanding how mindsets form and how God designed the brain to change removes shame and restores hope. Mind renewal allows us to align our thoughts with truth so we can walk in peace, freedom, healing, and wholeness.

Because this is a Core Episode, listeners are provided with a Reflection Guide, designed to help you review and digest the content of this episode and prepare your heart and mind for application in the next episode.

The Reflection Guide is not meant to fix or diagnose you. It is designed to help you slow down, become familiar with mindset language, and gently notice the lens you may have been living through.

Inside the Reflection Guide, you’ll find:

• Clear references to the biblical and neuroscience principles taught in this episode
• A simple rhythm of pause, prayer, and awareness to support safe reflection
• Mindset language lists to help you notice patterns without judgment
• Reflection questions that prepare you for deeper application in the next episode

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This episode closes our Sweet Repeat journey in the Reset Your Mind for 2026 series. We address a struggle many believers carry quietly — not whether they are forgiven, but whether they can truly receive grace after failure.

Blending Scripture and neuroscience, this teaching reframes mistakes as feedback rather than identity and invites you to move forward without rehearsing the past. If you’ve done the work, learned the tools, and still feel stuck in self‑judgment, this episode will help you release shame and walk renewed — one thought at a time.

• Failure is feedback, not a flaw — your brain and spirit are designed to learn and grow through mistakes
• Salvation settled your past; shame has no legal authority to reopen what Jesus finished
• Repentance and mind renewal work together to realign thoughts with God’s truth
• Perseverance strengthens emotional regulation and spiritual maturity
• Grace fuels forward movement, not perfection

When failure defines your self‑perception, it quietly stalls growth and keeps you stuck reliving the past. Understanding how God designed the brain to learn — and how grace rewires thought patterns — restores peace and momentum.

Mind renewal isn’t about trying harder; it’s about responding differently. When grace replaces guilt, healing becomes sustainable and progress becomes possible.

In this episode, Brenda teaches the 4R’s of Redemption alongside the S.T.R.E.T.C.H. Forward Visual Tool — two complementary frameworks that help you respond to mistakes with truth, grace, and forward movement.

For this episode, listeners are given direct access to the visual tool below so you can return to these steps whenever you need support.

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This week’s episode is a Sweet Repeat, but not a rewind. It’s a revisit with fresh revelation as we continue the Renew Your Mind in 2026 series.

In Episode 33, we explore how fear, doubt, and worry often signal self-reliance rather than trust—and how choosing a relationship with the Holy Spirit over religion opens the door to peace. This teaching brings together Scripture, neuroscience, and real-life application to help you move from control to surrender and from striving to Spirit-led renewal.

If worry has been running the show, this episode will help you understand what’s happening in your brain, why surrender matters spiritually, and how to partner with the Holy Spirit in practical, everyday ways.

• Worry thrives when we try to control outcomes instead of trusting God
• Fear, doubt, and worry work together to pull us into self-reliance
• The brain can be retrained when we practice deliberate, faith-filled thought actions
• Peace is not produced by effort but received through surrender
• Partnership with the Holy Spirit is essential for lasting mind renewal

When fear and worry dominate our thinking, they don’t just affect our emotions—they shape our decisions, our relationships, and our spiritual growth. Understanding the connection between the brain, belief, and trust helps remove shame and empowers you to respond differently.

This episode reminds us that mind renewal isn’t about trying harder. It’s about learning how to release control and allow God’s truth and the Holy Spirit’s guidance to lead us into peace.

This episode highlights the Catch–Shift–Thank–Release strategy—a simple, brain-based and Scripture-aligned process that helps interrupt worry loops and retrain your mind toward peace. This strategy is extensively explained with practical examples in the Tools for Mind Renewal eBook.

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Not feeling the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean you don’t have Him. Many believers struggle because their feelings don’t line up with their faith — and they assume something is wrong with them. In this Sweet Repeat episode, Brenda revisits a foundational teaching on Facts, Faith, and Feelings and explains why partnering with the Holy Spirit is the key to renewing your mind and breaking destructive patterns.

You’ll discover what truly happens at salvation, why your soul still needs renewal, and how to move from soul-led living to Spirit-led transformation. Scripture and neuroscience come together to show that change is possible when truth leads, faith chooses, and feelings follow.

🔑 Key Episode Insights

• Salvation gives you a new REBORN spirit, but your soul still needs renewal

• Feelings are real, but they are not reliable leaders

• Faith is a choice to align with God’s facts — not an emotional experience

• Toxic habits and thought patterns cannot be dismantled through willpower alone

• The Holy Spirit partners with us in mind renewal and transformation

🧠 Why This Matters

When feelings lead, faith becomes unstable. This episode restores order by anchoring listeners in truth, empowering them to choose faith intentionally, and allowing emotions to follow. Spirit-led renewal brings peace, clarity, and lasting freedom.

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• Addiction isn’t just about substances — it’s about what we turn to for comfort, control, or escape when life feels painful.
• Sobriety is not merely abstaining from behaviors, but developing a sound and disciplined mind rooted in self-control.
• God designed the brain to change; through mind renewal, old patterns can be rewired and replaced with truth.
• Generational curses can be broken, and generational blessings can begin with one surrendered life.
• What God did in one life as a testimony, He can do again — including in yours.

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