How can we live in this world with its responsibilities and temptations without loving it and being conformed to its values?

E. Stanley Jones said, “If you don’t make up your mind, then your unmade mind will unmake you. Here is the place where there must be no dallying. For any dallying will be the Trojan horse that will get on the inside and open the gates to the enemy. God can do anything for the man who has made up his mind; he can do little or nothing for the double-minded.”

We must understand that the only way we can conquer our flesh is to bathe our thoughts in Scripture throughout the day so that we can combat the enemy.

Philippians 3:20 says, “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:”

This word, “conversation,” means “citizenship”. Our citizenship is in Heaven. When we remember this, we will keep our affections set on the right things. We must cast down our defective reasoning and bring our thoughts in line with God’s Word. Then, we will discover what being heavenly-minded really means.