About how God wants to change your mind:

Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. (NIV)

How you think is really, really important. How you process information is really, really important. The information you take in and what you do with the information can either save your life or take your life.

There might be a bear in the room you are in or there might be a person in a bear suit in the room you are in. Knowing the actual facts could save or take your life.

Some people consider sinful behavior as nothing more than a playful joke, especially if the adults in their world are the people exhibiting the sinful behavior. How you perceive or take in and process sinful behavior can save or take your life. If you perceive sinful behavior as nothing more than a playful joke, then the sinful behavior leading to addictions, venereal disease, or any kind of crumbling of life's substance will mean nothing to you. However, God wants more from your mind. God wants you to be able to squarely and realistically face facts. God wants you to see sin for the threat sin always has been and will always be. God wants to change your mind to the mind of someone who sees everything  happening in the world through the eyeglasses made by God�eyeglasses to help you see the mortal danger of sinful behavior.