Have the Mind of Christ: Humility, Service, Surrender

``And Jesus humbled himself, became a man, lived the perfect life that you and I can never live. Jesus died in our place. He took the wrath of God that I deserve and that you deserve. Jesus died in our place and was buried. But Jesus held the power over life and death. And so Jesus defeated death, hell, and the grave. And he rose again so that you and I could be saved, so that you and I could be made right with God. And because of the attitude and mindset of Jesus, because of the perfect life and example that Jesus was, and because of the power and resurrection of Jesus, he defeated sin and death and hell, God has highly exalted the name of Jesus. Given him the name that's above every name so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow. The day is coming quickly. I mean, like, it's not a question of if everyone is going to acknowledge Jesus. They're going to. [00:26:20] (79 seconds)  #NameAboveAll

What if the greatest call of our lives wasn't being great in the world's eyes? It was just dying to ourselves. It's the call that I see from Jesus over and over and over in the word. So we need to adopt the mindset of Jesus, and we need to imitate the lifestyle of Jesus. We need to die to ourselves. And the final thing, we need to surrender to the authority of Jesus. [00:24:39] (29 seconds)  #DieToSelf

And I wonder if there are areas in your life right now you're holding onto. God, this has gotta be my way. This has gotta be my plan. This has gotta be my direction. And God's saying, hey, you wanna be your own God? Fine. But I have a perfect will for you to walk in. But in order for you to walk in it, in order for you to bear fruit, in order for you to have the fullness of life I intended, you're gonna have to come and die first. [00:24:11] (27 seconds)  #LetGoToBearFruit

I I really wrestled over twenty one days and in my time of prayer with a with a image that Jesus gave. Unless a seed goes into the ground and dies, it cannot bear fruit. We try to create all this all this fruit in our lives. We wanna have an impact. We wanna have an influence, and yet Jesus says the pathway to that is death. And he doesn't just say that. He models it. [00:22:29] (27 seconds)  #SeedMustDie

What if the goal in our lives, rather than trying to control circumstance, rather than trying to gain wealth or prestige or title or position or power, what if the goal of our lives was to serve, to humble ourselves, to make ourselves nothing, to make Christ everything in our lives? [00:21:46] (25 seconds)  #MakeChristEverything

And yet Jesus said, no. True greatness is servitude. It's becoming a servant. The the the word in Philippians here is is that Jesus became a doulos. He literally became like a slave. [00:20:47] (16 seconds)  #GreatnessIsServitude

He is the savior of the world. Acknowledge the authority of Jesus. At the mention of his name, demons flee. I'm talking right now in your house. At the mention of his name, demons flee. At the mention of his name, the sick are healed. At the mention of his name, we are saved. [00:28:00] (27 seconds)  #PowerInJesusName

The the night before he dies, he's he's in the Garden Of Gethsemane, and he says, if there's any other way, let this cup pass from me. He had to drink the full cup of the wrath of God and says, if there's any other way, but nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. [00:23:55] (17 seconds)  #NotMyWillButYours