<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Philippians 2;5-8<div><br></div><div><b>5. &nbsp;Have this mind among yourselves, which <u>is yours in</u>&nbsp;Christ Jesus,</b></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,</b></div><div><b>7. &nbsp;but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.</b></div><div><b>8. &nbsp;And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>We too, with our Bridegroom Jesus,are <i>“in human form”. &nbsp;</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Just as flesh and blood were given to Jesus, to be an offering to God in payment for sin, we too who are now in the same form,&nbsp;have been <u>baptized into Christ,</u>&nbsp;(Romans 6;3)&nbsp;&nbsp;to <i>“suffer with him, in order&nbsp;that we also may be glorified with him.” </i>(Romans 8;17b)</div><div><br></div><div>Paul’s saying, <i>“<u>Have</u>&nbsp;this mind among yourselves, which <u>is yours</u>&nbsp;<u>in</u>&nbsp;Christ Jesus.,”</i></div><div>reveals that the Believer is to consciously intentionally <i>“take every thought captive to Christ”.&nbsp;</i></div><div><i>&nbsp;</i>( 2 Corinthians 10;5) &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Mind of Christ, which we are to willfully partake of, is the mind of a sacrificial servant. &nbsp;It is <u>the Mind</u>&nbsp;which prayers, ‘N<u>ot my will, but thine be done.’</u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div><u>The Mind of Christ,</u>&nbsp;unites us, makes us one. &nbsp;The Mind of Christ, is sacrificially devoted to obeying the will of the Father. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>God’s Word uses the term ‘mind’ interchangeably with the word ‘heart,’ &nbsp;the two are inseparably linked.</div><div>Therefore, the Mind of Christ is also, the Father’s heart. &nbsp;It is filled with the perfect agape love of God for the salvation of the world. &nbsp;The Mind of Christ, the heart of the Father, is compelled to bring light and true Life into the dead, dark souls of mankind. &nbsp;The Mind of Christ is evangelistic.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, in our baptism into Christ you have given us Your own heart and the Mind of Christ, bless us to believe we are called in Christ to seek and&nbsp;to save the lost with the gospel. &nbsp;Bless us to be our real authentic baptized selves dear Father, and partaking of the divine nature, be evangelistically devoted to proclaiming your living Word in this World. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Philippians 2;5-8
5.  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,6.  who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,7.  but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.8.  And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.
We too, with our Bridegroom Jesus,are “in human form”.  
Just as flesh and blood were given to Jesus, to be an offering to God in payment for sin, we too who are now in the same form, have been baptized into Christ, (Romans 6;3)  to “suffer with him, in order that we also may be glorified with him.” (Romans 8;17b)
Paul’s saying, “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.,”reveals that the Believer is to consciously intentionally “take every thought captive to Christ”.  ( 2 Corinthians 10;5)  
The Mind of Christ, which we are to willfully partake of, is the mind of a sacrificial servant.  It is the Mind which prayers, ‘Not my will, but thine be done.’
The Mind of Christ, unites us, makes us one.  The Mind of Christ, is sacrificially devoted to obeying the will of the Father.  
God’s Word uses the term ‘mind’ interchangeably with the word ‘heart,’  the two are inseparably linked.Therefore, the Mind of Christ is also, the Father’s heart.  It is filled with the perfect agape love of God for the salvation of the world.  The Mind of Christ, the heart of the Father, is compelled to bring light and true Life into the dead, dark souls of mankind.  The Mind of Christ is evangelistic.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, in our baptism into Christ you have given us Your own heart and the Mind of Christ, bless us to believe we are called in Christ to seek and to save the lost with the gospel.  Bless us to be our real authentic baptized selves dear Father, and partaking of the divine nature, be evangelistically devoted to proclaiming your living Word in this World.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”



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