Subject: THE MIND OF CHRIST
Thought : I must trust God for everything.
Challenge: To trust the mind of Christ and not my mind.
Mark 4: 35-41
Psalm 146
No matter what happens we don't have to fear, because God controls all things and he is our protection.
This world belongs to God!
Faith and trust work together. You can't grow in faith, unless you know how to trust.
Trust: the firm believe in the reliability, truth, character, ability or strength of someone or something.
• Whatever I depend on that's where my trust is.
God is the (only) one we should depend on, he is (truly) trust worthy.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5 KJV)
When God speaks, things happen. God spoke this world into existence. He has earned out trust.
• Trust is earned.
• Relationships are earned (built) on trust.
You are what you believe.
• Faith empowers us to completely trust God for all things.
Trust does not necessarily grow in hard times, but rather through adversity.
• Your soul is your human existence, your rational side. It is the part of you that became kin to the devil after the fall of man.
We serve God in spirit and in truth and we must not rely on your soul.
- what you feel my not be the truth.
After worshiping in spirit and truth, we can then command our soul to bless The Lord!
Praise ye the Lord . Praise the Lord , O my soul. (Psalms 146:1 KJV)
At that point, the works of us blessing The Lord in spirit and in truth can take control of our human nature and actions.
• Hope is a product of faith and trust in God.
- where there is no hope, there is a faith and trust problem
- a lot of us have faith issues.
Romans 1; tells us Gods glory is in all creation:
God knows all things. He created the heavens and the earth. He knows each and everyone of us by name. Even each hair on our head, he know how much.
• Over a million species in the earth and God knows them ALL!
You belong to God, the devil can not touch you without God's permission!
- the only that can lead you to bondage is you. The only one that can enslave you is you.
(Mark 4) While the rest of the World is worried about what's going to happen next, rest in The Lord!