Shema "The Mind" Deut 6:4–5 Mark 12:30 Why was the mind not mentioned in the Shema? - Deut. 6:5 (CSB) - Deut. 8:5 ESV - Proverbs 2:2 CSB - Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV) - Esther 4:13 (ESV) The New Testament Understanding of the Mind. Mark 12:30(CSB) Eph 2:1–3 (ESV) - What We Think About Determines How We Live. ROMANS 8:5-8 - The spiritual battle is primarily a battle of the mind. James 1:14-15 How do we Love God with all our mind? - Set Your Mind on Jesus. Col 3:2 - Take Every Thought Captive. 2 Cor. 10:3–5 (CSB) - Does what I am believing line up with what I know of God to be true? Romans 12:2 (CSB) Eph 4:22-24(CSB) - The best defense is a good offense. Phil 4:8(CSB) Ps 1:1–3(ESV) Phil 3: 10[The Amplified Bible] Next Steps: - Make it your determined purpose to set your mind on God. . Take every thought captive. . Load your mind with thoughts of God.