S193P4 – The Christ-like mind: submitted to God

Rom. 8:5-8 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.  For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is…

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S193P3 – 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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S193P2 – 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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S193P1 – 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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S192P10 – A people’s lament: no quit in us

Lam. 5:19‭-‬22 You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.  Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?  Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; renew our days as of old, unless You have utterly rejected us, and are very angry…

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S192P9 – A people’s lament: appealing to God’s desire

Lam. 5:1‭-‬3 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; look, and behold our reproach!  Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, and our houses to foreigners.  We have become orphans and waifs, our mothers are like widows. When she was little, she had followed her parents’ instructions faithfully, but she grew out of…

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S192P8 – A people’s lament: the dimming of the gold

Lam. 4:1‭-‬2 How the gold has become dim!  How changed the fine gold!  The stones of the sanctuary are scattered at the head of every street.  The precious sons of Zion, valuable as fine gold, how they are regarded as clay pots, the work of the hands of the potter! I had built my life…

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S192P7 – A people’s lament: persistent sorrow

Lam. 3:48‭-‬50 My eyes overflow with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.  My eyes flow and do not cease, without interruption, until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees. She was not in an uncommon position for many, but it certainly was unusual for her.  One thing began…

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S192P6 – A people’s lament: where hope remains

Lam. 3:21‭-‬24 This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.  Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I hope in Him!” The verses prior to these are graphic and…

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S192P5 – A people’s lament: a view in the dark

Lam. 3:1‭-‬3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light. Surely He has turned His hand against me time and time again throughout the day. Jeremiah had been given a really tough job by anyone’s…

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