Transformed, Not Conformed: Letting God Renew Your Mind – with Megan Feveryear

Do you ever feel the pull to go along with whatever is trending—at work, with friends, or on your phone—even when you know it is not how God is calling you to live? In this episode on Romans 12:2, Megan Feveryear and I talk about refusing to be shaped by this age and letting God renew your mind so you can discern His good, pleasing, and perfect will.

Description
This week I sat down with Megan Feveryear—writer, creative communicator, and storyteller—to linger in Romans 12:2. It is a verse I have built much of this ministry on: do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Megan shares how that verse pushed her to leave everything familiar and move more than 600 miles to Nashville. We talk about community that helps you keep going, the small daily choices that actually renew your mind, and why not every good thing is God’s best.

If you have been wondering what is shaping you, this conversation is for you.

Episode Highlights

• Every day offers a chance to conform—at work, online, and in what is trending. God calls us to live higher, even when that means being misunderstood.
• You will be shaped by God or shaped by the world. The question is what you are listening to and thinking about.
• Transformation is a daily process. Picking up Scripture first and last, instead of your phone, renews your mind in a way social media never will.
• A renewed mind helps you discern God’s will. In the Christian life, good things are not always the best things.
• Following Jesus sometimes means stepping out of the boat—leaving home, saying no, setting a boundary, or sending the hard text—because His will is good, pleasing, and perfect.

Great Quotes

• “I would rather be misunderstood and represent Christ well than not be misunderstood.”
• “If you wake up and pick up your Bible, then close out your day with God, that’s transformative to your mind.”
• “Trust that God has a story better than your own. Don’t give in to what culture is trying to tell you to do right now.”
• “Christianity is probably one of the only religions where good things are not always the best things.”

Resources Mentioned

• Romans 12:2 (CSB) – Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Galatians 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
• John Mark Comer – Mentioned for the idea that we will either be shaped by God or shaped by the world.
• This Day Ministry – Megan’s website, thisdayministry.org, with her devotionals, podcast, and social links.
• Fully Known – Megan’s 14-day devotional and workbook on being fully seen and loved by God.
• Rumors of a Savior – Megan’s Advent devotional.
• This Day Podcast – Megan’s podcast of real-life stories with real people.
• Meg Feveryear on social media – Search Meg Feveryear, or start at thisdayministry.org if the last name is hard to spell.

Related Episodes 

• Winning the War in Your Mind: Taking Every Thought Captive with 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 – More on letting God reshape your thoughts instead of letting the world fill them.
• Permissible and Beneficial: How God Is Calling Us to Live in Freedom – Learning to live from God’s truth rather than culture’s pressure.
• Facing New Seasons without Fear: Trusting God to Make a Way – Courage to step out of what feels safe when God is calling you forward.

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