April 30, 2025
Getting Fed in the End Times
The battle for your eternity begins in your mind. Every day, you're being shaped by the voices you allow to feed your spirit—but are these voices leading you closer to Christ or deeper into deception?
In this challenging episode, we expose the subtle dangers of consuming the wrong spiritual nourishment in these last days. False teachers don't always appear threatening; the most dangerous ones come "disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves" (Matthew 7:15). They speak from pride instead of wisdom, from wounds instead of healing, or from rebellion instead of righteousness—and their words slowly transform you in ways you might not recognize until it's too late.
We identify eight unmistakable signs that you're being fed spiritual junk food: justifying sin rather than fleeing from it, resisting biblical correction, craving emotional experiences over Scripture, prioritizing acceptance over obedience, rejecting godly authority, becoming casual about holiness, growing skeptical of true spiritual power, and experiencing stagnation in Christlikeness. This isn't just about being right—it's about spiritual survival.
True discernment isn't paranoia; it's clarity that comes through intentional spiritual disciplines. We provide a practical battle plan: daily Scripture immersion, specific prayer for wisdom, walking in humility, staying connected to believers, and testing every message against God's Word. As 1 Corinthians 10:21 warns, "You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too." You must choose your table wisely, because what fills you will form you, and what forms you will determine your eternity.
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Thank You. I Love You!
SEE YA!
Rick
Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!
Chapters
02:13 - Not EveryVoice Deserve Your Ear
04:19 - Feeding on the Wrong Things Corrupts Your Spirit
06:02 - Signs You're Being Fed By The Wrong Source
08:14 - How to Guard Your Spirit
10:42 - Whose Table Are You Sitting At?
12:08 - Closing Remarks
Transcript
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Coming up on Renewed Mindsets.
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The world is changing and time is running out.
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This is Renewed Mindsets where we confront biblical truth head-on no sugarcoating, no compromise.
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We expose false doctrine, reveal fulfilled prophecy and shine light on the demonic deception of these last days, but we also stand firm on the hope of Christ's return, the call to holiness and the urgency of true salvation.
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It's time to renew your mind, for the time is now.
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Let's go, boys.
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Hey, welcome back to Renewed Mindsets, where we refuse to be conformed to this world and are transformed by the renewing of our minds through God's Word.
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I'm Rick and I'm so glad you're here.
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Today's episode is a sober warning and a clear call to wisdom.
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Be careful who you allow to feed you, because what you feed on isn't just shaping your opinions, it's shaping your destiny.
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It's either making you stronger in Christ or weaker to the world.
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And in these days of confusion, deception, spiritual famine, the end times, you and I can't afford to eat anything but pure truth.
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We're going to go deep today, because a casual mindset won't survive a time of shaking.
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Now, just like the name of this episode says, be careful who you allow to feed you.
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Not everyone speaking into your life was sent by God.
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Some were sent by the enemy and some were sent by their own brokenness.
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Matthew 7.15 says Beware of false prophets who've come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
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It's easy to spot a wolf when they snarl at you, but it's a lot harder when they smile at you.
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The real danger comes from voices that seem harmless or even helpful.
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People who mean well are still feeding you from their pride or their wounds or their rebellion.
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Some speak from pride, not wisdom.
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They'll tell you what sounds impressive, not what's true.
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They'll tell you to chase your dreams, but they won't tell you to die to yourself.
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And prideful advice always ends in downfall Proverbs 16, 18.
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Now some speak from wounds not healing.
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They tell you to protect yourself so much that you never trust again.
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They'll teach you to live guarded, suspicious, defensive, and they call it wisdom.
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But James 3.17 says true wisdom is pure, peace-loving gentle at all times.
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And others will speak from rebellion, not righteousness.
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They'll tell you you don't need the church, you don't need spiritual authority, you can do Christianity your way.
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They'll sell you a personalized religion with no accountability, basically the Americanized church.
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But God's word is clear we're a body, not solo acts.
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1 Corinthians, 12, 12-27.
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The wrong voices don't just distract you, they deform you.
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They shape you into something that looks less like Christ and more like culture and eventually, if you keep feeding on the wrong things, you won't even recognize the real thing when it shows up.
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Now you don't stay neutral in this life.
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What you allow to feed you forms you.
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Galatians 5 and 9 says this false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough.
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One bad belief spreads into every corner of your life.
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If you don't catch it, it'll shape how you pray.
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It'll shape how you see yourself.
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It'll shape how you pray.
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It'll shape how you see yourself.
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It'll shape how you react to correction.
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It'll even shape how you hear God's voice.
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I've seen people start off passionate for Jesus, but they start listening to finger quote influencers who call sin a mistake and repentance legalism, and then, six months later, they're defending lifestyles that God clearly condemned, all in the name of love.
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It's a slow infection.
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You won't notice it at first.
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It'll feel freeing, it'll feel mature, but it's really the yeast working its way through your soul.
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Yeah, hebrews 12, 15 says Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God.
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Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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Wrong teaching doesn't just mess you up, it corrupts others through you.
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Your compromise is going to ripple out to everybody that you're connected to.
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This is why discernment isn't optional.
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It's life or death.
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The stakes are too high to be casual about who you listen to.
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So how do you know when the wrong voices are shaping you?
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I've got eight clear signs that you've been eating spiritual junk food.
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First, you start justifying sin instead of fleeing from it.
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You say things like God understands instead of God.
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Help me overcome the next one.
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You become defensive when corrected, even if the correction is biblical.
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You crave emotions over scripture.
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You chase these powerful moments, but you neglect God's unchanging word.
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Four you prioritize being accepted over being obedient.
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Pleasing people feels more urgent than pleasing God.
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Fifth one you resist authority.
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You see pastors, leaders, parents as obstacles instead of protection.
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The next is you become casual about holiness.
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Sin feels less serious.
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The next you grow skeptical of real spiritual power.
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Healings, miracles, deliverance Well, that all sounds extreme to you.
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And finally you stop growing in Christlikeness.
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And finally you stop growing in Christlikeness.
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You stay busy, but you stop becoming more holy, more loving, more patient, more faithful.
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Hebrews 5.14 says Solid food is for those who are mature, who, through training, have the skills to recognize the difference between right and wrong People.
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Discernment is a skill you have to train for it.
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You can't afford to take every sermon, every YouTube clip, every piece of advice, every piece of advice at face value.
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You've got to test everything.
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You got to hold it up to the light of scripture and if it doesn't match the word of God, throw it out, no matter how good it sounds.
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Listen to me If you want to stay strong in these last days, you have to guard your spirit, like your life depends on it, because it does.
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Here's the battle plan Feed daily on the word of God.
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Not motivational quotes, not feel-good devotionals, even ones that might come from wisdom for the day every day.
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Ones that might come from wisdom for the day every day.
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The word Daily bread, not Sunday snacks.
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Jeremiah 15, 16 says when I discovered your words, I devoured them.
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They're my joy and my heart's delight.
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Two pray for discernment daily.
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Discernment isn't paranoia.
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Discernment is clarity.
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Discernment is the Holy Spirit whispering.
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That's not from me.
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James 1.5 promises if you need wisdom, ask our generous God and he will give it to you.
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Next, this is a tough one for people Walk in humility.
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Pride makes you deaf to correction.
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Humility keeps your ears open to truth, even when it stings.
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Proverbs 11.2 says Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
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Next, stay planted among godly believers.
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You lone wolf Christians are easy prey.
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We are a body, not scattered parts.
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Hebrews 10.25 says and let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
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Yeah, that means a lot more today.
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Test every voice by the word.
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Measure every sermon, every conversation, every opinion by scripture.
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Be a Berean.
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Acts 17 11 says they searched the scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
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If Paul himself welcomed being tested by the word, so should every preacher, every influencer, every friend, every friend.
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Every day, whether you realize it or not, you sit at a table.
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You feast on someone's words, you drink someone's spirit.
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The question is not am I being fed?
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The question is by who?
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God prepares a table for his people full of strength, wisdom, holiness and truth, but the world prepares its own table too, full of pride, compromise, emotionalism, rebellion.
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You can't eat from both.
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You can't be fed by God and the world at the same time.
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1 Corinthians 10.21.
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You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too.
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You cannot eat at the Lord's table and at the table of demons too.
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People, it's decision time.
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Whose table are you going to sit at?
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Whose voice will shape you?
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Whose truth will you build your life on?
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Be careful who you allow to feed you, because what fills you will form you and what forms you will decide your eternity.
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Stay hungry for God, stay fierce in your faith.
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Stay awake and stay unshakable Until next time.
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Don't just survive the deception.
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Overcome it In Jesus' mighty name.
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That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy.
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The time to wake up is now.
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If today's episode challenged you, don't keep it to yourself.
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Tell someone.
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Please.
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Text them a link.
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Share the truth while there's still time.
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Visit RenewedMindsetscom to stay connected and to listen to past episodes, and check out our merch at RenewedMindsetsstore.
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Jesus is coming soon.
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Stay watchful, stay holy, stay renewed Until next week.
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I'm Rick.
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Be an encourager, not a discourager.
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I love you.
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See ya?
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The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindsets podcast is Are you Ready?
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By Floodgate From the album Are you Ready?
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Copyright 2002, offbeat Ministries.
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Incorporated Floodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes.
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Music used with permission.
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