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ARE YOU WALKING IN THE MIND OF CHRIST? WHAT IS THE MIND OF CHRIST?

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” Philippians 2:5

The Messiah, the Man and His mind we are blessed to know, to be known by, and to follow is seen in Philippians 2. Read it in the morning beloved of God. Life change!

Father, please bless Your beloved children with “the mind of Christ.” In Jesus’ name, amen!

Jesus left His world with the Father in the pristine and glorious perfection of Heaven to come this is fallen world and show us the Father and die for us so we could know Him (John 17:3; Philippians 2). Now, when we are submitted to the LORD, possessed by “the mind of Christ”, we leave our world if you will, abandoning our own agenda, and get into the worlds, the lives of others, and lift them up to Jesus!

Are you elevating other people ABOVE – “BETTER than” – yourself? This is the very “mind of Christ.”

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” Philippians 2:3-5

The heart posture, the disposition of Christ is to Love and therefore serve God and OTHERS – not self (Matthew 20:24-28). THIS is the very “mind of Christ.” (Philippians 2:3-5) When God is working in us, we are crucified with Christ, setting ourselves aside. This is the place He brings us, without fail (Matthew 22:37-39). Great joy and liberty is found only in the place of serving God and others above self!

HOW TO BEGIN OUR DAY …. Think fresh repentance and heart posture! YOU are here on earth where the LORD has you for now to serve God and others and not yourself! This is how you follow Jesus!

Reading Philippians chapter 2 verses 3 through 5 each and every morning prayerfully is definitely a life changer. The mind of Christ.

If you read and employ the truth of Philippians 2:3-5, total fulfillment and blessings are coming into your life. Let’s do life GOD’s way.

LIFE in Christ is all about exalting HIM and others, never ourselves. We have 2 things to do today….

1. Love, worship God,

2. Pray for, lift up others above ourselves…. to humbly serve them as unto our LORD.

Do you want to walk in the mind of Christ? It’s the most bless-ed place to live, to walk. Read Philippians 2 each morning this week, prayerfully – asking God to further reveal Himself to your life and what it means to know and walk with Him.

Many awoke this morning with concerns about relationships with people. When we meet with Jesus in the morning, honoring Him with the very first waking moments of our day He’s given us, He’s going to fill our hearts and our relationships with people are going to be blessed. The cross is first vertical, upward to Heaven, and then horizontal – to people. As we seek the LORD above, our relationships with people here below on earth are going to have His blessing on them.

Life Change: Read prayerfully Philippians 2 each morning this week upon awakening.

Every day we must ask ourselves: Am I selfish or self-less? Are the affections of my heart truly set upon the soon coming LORD? Am I honoring Him first and then others, above myself?

Without fail, when a man truly repents, he will posture himself, he will frame his life on this planet to serve God and others, not self.

Yes, THIS is how you follow Jesus … consent to your own death and burial and God will raise you upward in His grace to serve Him and others! The cross.

“Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3

EVERYthing’s about Jesus and others today. Amen dear LORD (Philippians 2:3-5; Matthew 22:37-40).

“The mind of Christ” = it’s all about Jesus and others, not ourselves (Philippians 2:3-5).

Anyone who is truly in Christ, is being quickened by the Holy Spirit to lay down their life, repent truly, and walk in this bless-ed mind of Christ. We shall go nowhere in and with the LORD if we are not hearkening to this truth, submitting to and crying out to Him for His transformation to walk in this mind.

WHY do we stress? –Because we are trying to carry our own burden, the burden and burdens of our life – instead of laying them into the lap of God and being free from them…. and therefore freed, at liberty to be used of Him to uplift everyone else around us! The cross, when applied, only when applied, makes us free (John 8:31-32). God is not going to raise up any person who is still alive in their will power. | The Centrality of the Cross in Our Daily Lives

There’s an absolutely elated sense when we abandon sinful self for the Savior and others! THIS is exactly how Jesus says we’re to live!!!!! Pouring over Philippians 2:3-5, stating these words aloud in morning prayer, is a life-changer!

“EMULATIONS” is 1 of the 17 works of the flesh cited in Galatians 5:19-21. “Emulations” means striving to excel at the expense of another which is the opposite of the mind of Christ, right? (Philippians 2:3-5).

Would you like to be treated the way you’re treating others? Golden Rule! Live it!

One disciple states: “I want nothing more than to be untaught and taught by the only wise Father of our LORD Jesus Christ!”

Setting yourself up for victory by obeying God. Upon our waking in the morning …. “EARLY will I seek thee.” (Psalms 5:3) IF we awoke today and didn’t put God FIRST by seeking His holy face, we are working on a wrong level. This is literal and until you take this literal, victory shall continue to pass you by:

“But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33

The successful life with Christ happens when He is truly “first.” (Matthew 6:33)

“Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.” Oswald Chambers

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:3-8

Concerning Philippians 2:3-5, brother one disciple writes: “One thing I have noticed about this, and I have tested it over and over again…. if you put others first and even pray for others and totally put self on the back burner, You will be blessed more and more and even your prayers and wants and needs will be blessed more and more if you take the focus off of self and keep it on God first and others second!”

Making others feel special, serving their needs, edifying and lifting them, is the stated will of God for our lives (Philippians 2:3-5).

Pouring prayerfully over this passage this morning will begin our day on Christ’s footing, not our own:

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” Philippians 2:3-5

Gold Rule Living is following Christ – the example He set when He “came NOT to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28) WHOSE interests are you living for? Your own or Christs and therefore His people? Do you realize that if you neglect those around you in need you are neglecting and affronting Jesus? (Matthew 25:40-46) Do you realize that you and I will be judged according to this exact measure and rule?

Just WHAT does preferring others ABOVE ourselves mean? How does that work itself out in our daily lives?

Diana Milligan writes:

“Example. You cut two pieces of pie. You give your wife or husband the better piece. You fix two drinks and give them the one that you prefer over the other one. Always give the one, you want. Ask yourself, which one you want and take the other one! That’s just one example, but I do that every day. I always ask myself, which one I’d rather have and give the other one. Oh, and I don’t tell him. It’s between me and God! shhhh don’t tell my husband I am giving him the best portion.”

If you are a true disciple of Jesus, why not memorize what He said through His apostle Paul? Why not harvest the verses on this article on index cards so you can make them part of your heart, thinking, and doing.

“Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.” 1 Corinthians 10:24

We are many members and yet one body in Jesus Christ.

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Romans 12:3-5

Concerning being possessed with the disposition of Christ’s mind, Carol Burke notes:

“The mind of Christ is His Word living out in me and extended to others, giving them Jesus. This is exactly what Jesus did when He gave Himself for us. Sometimes I fall short but He always picks me up as He will do with all of His own because He knows our character and what it will take to change it to show His life to others.”

Are you living according to Christ’s teachings, OR, are you deceived into thinking you are following Him who is the only way to Heaven while setting aside, neglecting, and even shunning what He taught? (Mark 8:38; John 14:15, 21; Titus 1:16; 1 John 2:3-6) If I am to love my neighbor “as myself” (equally) and even prefer others “ABOVE” myself, why would I keep two houses when I knew of another member of Christ’s body was without a home? I simply wouldn’t. The same goes for other possessions and money.

The earliest disciples of Jesus were following Him, living after His life, His perfect example, living according to His Word. They were preferring other believers ABOVE themselves (Golden Rule). As true disciples of Jesus, they were naturally doing unto others as you would have them do to you.

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” 1 John 3:16-17

Dear LORD Jesus, quicken, help Your people to walk in Your mind and not the self-serving carnal mind. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Dare to Pray this Right now: LORD, Change Me!

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Abiding

10 Truths to Behold in Isaiah 41:10 [podcast]


“Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not
cast thee away. 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Isaiah 41:9-10

There are 10 truths to behold in Isaiah 41:10:

• “Thou art my servant”
• “I have chosen thee”
• “and not cast thee away”
• “Fear thou not”
• “I am with thee”
• “be not dismayed”
• “for I am thy God”
• “I will strengthen thee”
• “I will help thee”
• “I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”

The soul that prospers is that one who clings to, trusts in and
relies upon Christ alone, day by day, walking ever nearer to
the soon coming Savior. He is with us and promises to “never
leave thee, nor forsake thee”—that is, for those who abide
with Christ (Hebrews 13:5).

1 Peter 1

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5  Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8  Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Prayer: Dear LORD, thank You for helping me today, and
continuing the good work of salvation You began in me the
moment You saved me. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Apostasy

The Goal of the Ungodly Eternal Security Teachers [podcast]


“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license to sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4

“This is AWESOME! You got all over it. It really flowed. Excellent! In the delivery, your excitement and passion for this subject are unmistakable. How can ANYONE listen to this and not want to check out the Word of God for themselves?” Debbie L.

“Thy prophets (false leaders) have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered (exposed) thine iniquity (have not uncovered your sin), to turn away thy captivity (to get you set free from it); but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment (ultimate termination into hell).” Lamentations 2:14

COUNTERFEITS who hide behind their OSAS fairy tale HATE this biblical reality and are willing to call the LORD a liar in order to retain this heresy – “And he that overcometh, and KEEPETH my works UNTO THE END, to him will I give power over the nations:” (Revelation 2:26)

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Parenting and the Eternal Destiny of Your Child [podcast]


There’s no such thing as a Christian who is a parent and isn’t teaching their child(ren) God’s Word.

So you programmed and indoctrinated your own child to “go get an education” from a commie university, with nothing but antichrist’s as “professors”, who merely read and teach marxist textbooks full of every evil known to mankind. And yet you still wonder why they turned from Christ? – if you even taught them the Bible in the first place. Time for you to get saved. God holds you personally accountable for allowing and inviting evil upon the minds and hearts of the child(ren) He gave you temporary stewardship over. Judgment Day is on the way. Time to repent – before it’s too late.

Are you teaching your children God’s Word? (Proverbs 22:6)

Are you teaching your child to study God’s Word and get a biblical education? (2 Timothy 2:15)

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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

No such thing as a Christian who doesn’t teach their own children God’s Word. No such thing. Anyone who claims to be a Christian and isn’t teaching their children the Word of God is an absolute fraud, 100% (Titus 1:16). Oh and teach them using the King James Bible – never mind your lame groundless excuses. That’s the whole problem (John 3:19-21).

Few things infuriate and evoke such indignation as this evil going on under the sun – and it’s going on in the lives of those who falsely claim to be saved. If such weren’t so pitiful, it’d be laughable.

Beloved of God, your child needs to see you worship and obey God… read His Word, pray, and minister to others – to serve God by serving others. Let them see Christ alive and working in you or you will simply produce another self-righteous religious pharisee. They will never forget how you served God with a pure heart and joy-filled spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).

God didn’t give you those children so you could exploit, use them to think you are so amazing. No, sinner, He commanded you to teach them His Word every day of their life, and train them up in His holy ways. If you didn’t/aren’t, that’s clear proof you are a hell bound unsaved counterfeit and wouldn’t know Jesus if He stood in your face.

“And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Deuteronomy 11:19

Read Deuteronoamy chapters 4, 6, 11.

“Ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law”

“And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 32:46  

Read that again and notice that we are to set our hearts upon the words of God and command our children also to observe them.

“If you don’t train your child at a young age how they should act and live, then Satan will. Make no mistake about that! You will be judged and held accountable at the judgement seat of Christ. Proverbs 22:6 in the King James Bible.” Charles Pray

Those who do not attach pain, punishment with wrong doing, will reap wicked children and give account to God for not teaching them to obey authority. Repent now and train up your children in the right ways of the LORD.

ARE YOU training, correcting, guiding your children?

“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.” Proverbs 29:17

Being a “good” parent doesn’t mean you are a God-fearing, a godly parent. In reality, you are not a good parent if you are not training your child(ren) up in the pure Word of God. You prove to be a lost soul if such is the case. Repent now sinner. The Almighty will bring you into full account for how you’ve brought up HIS children.

Parenting and Eternal Life are Connected

“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” Proverbs 23:13-14 

Unless our children learn to submit to and obey our authority, they will very likely never submit to the authority of their Maker before whom they shall stand in judgment.

“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power (authority) is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Matthew 28:18

Obey God and do not trust your own wicked heart: If you are not obeying God it’s because you do not fear Him and are in utter need of truly repenting now – before it’s too late.

Is your child born again and walking with Jesus?

Obey God’s Word concerning your children and crucify your own feelings:

“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.” Proverbs 28:26 

Chasten your child(ren) now – before it’s too late.

“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.” Proverbs 19:18

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” Proverbs 22:15

“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” Proverbs 29:15 

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 

Some of the things children are to be taught be their parents in training them up in the right ways of the LORD …

  • Read and memorize God’s Word (Proverbs 4:4; Revelation 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-16; Colossians 3:16, etc.).
  • Know the books of the Bible – Genesis to Revelation.
  • That they are sinners. Give them the law, the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20: Romans 3).
  • To know the 10 Commandments by memory (Exodus 20). This is a basic structure of what the LORD requires and what He calls sin.
  • God requires that they obey – Him and their parents (Matthew 7:21; John 14:15; 1 John 2:3-6, etc.).
  • How to be saved (Romans road; 3:10, 23; 6:23; 10:9-10, 13; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
  • To love God and their neighbor – Golden Rule Living (Matthew 7:12).
  • If you cant say something good, don’t say anything at all (Proverbs 17:27-28; James 3).
  • Honor authority. Children learn this as they are taught to honor and obey their parents.
  • To walk in utter integrity and honesty (Proverbs 20:7; Luke 8:15).
  • To always be serving God and others ABS (Matthew 23:11; Acts 20:35)
  • To help the poor (Proverbs 19:17; Galatians 2:10; James 1:27, etc.).
  • To trust God no matter what the circumstances look like (Mark 10:27).
  • To pray (Matthew 6:6-13, etc.).
  • The beatitudes of Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7).
  • Eternal perspective (Proverbs 23:14; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Romans 8:18; 1 Corinthians 2:9; John 14:1-6).
  • To praise the LORD with great joy. To praise and worship and sing to the LORD (Psalms 149; 150; Hebrews 13:15).
  • To give thanksgiving to the LORD for everything they already have and what’s to come (Ephesians 5:20; Hebrews 13:5).
  • That the joy of the LORD is their strength (Nehemiah 8:10).
  • Teach them to read (Revelation 1:3).
  • Teach them consistency – to finish what they start, to endure to the end (Matthew 10:22; 24:13, etc.).

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