S66P3 – The Christ-like mind: focus beyond the natural

Col. 3:2-4 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.  For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. He started his walk with Jesus later in life. …

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S66P2 – The Christ-like mind: shared mentality

Phil. 2:1-5 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.  Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count…

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S66P1 – The Christ-like mind: understands the Spirit

1 Cor. 2:14-16 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.  The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.  “For who has understood the…

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Mind control

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ssi4r-e56c1a Living in the Spirit and victoriously against the temptation of sin is an issue of the mind.  This is a choice that we make to submit that area of ourselves to God’s Holy Spirit.  Mental renewal and transformation occurs not when the mind is under our control but his control.  Let us learn to…

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S65P8 – The godly friend: constantly loving

Pro. 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. It started out as friendly competition in their adolescent years.  They both ran cross-country for the same school and pushed themselves to be more successful than the other.  In the context of sport, their competitive nature really helped them excel…

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The time of God’s apostles

original word:  ἀπόστολος, ου, ὁpart of speech:  noun, masculinetransliteration:  apostolosphonetic spelling:  (ap-os’-tol-os)definition:  a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostleusage:  a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle. I recently was posed a…

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S65P7 – The godly friend: thoughtful in word and deed

Pro. 22:24-25 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. She was the first person I ever heard utter the phrase “instant bad mood.”  With her temper, it was not an unusual occurrence.  The classic example was…

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