Change our Stinking Thinking
When we first choose to follow Jesus and make Him Lord of our lives, the patterns of our thinking need to be changed; especially if we come to God late in our lives. We may not be accustomed to forgiving people immediately, telling the truth or not responding in anger over a situation. We need to conform to the mind of Christ.
“…if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:21-24 NKJV
I would encourage you to read the remaining part of the fourth chapter of Ephesians.