Christ is Supreme - Set Your Mind on Christ - Peter Tanchi

you were watching Christ's Commission fellowship changing lives for eternity this testimony is for the glory of God good morning everyone I am Jett callusing when I was 12 years old I was exposed to pornographic materials when I was 15 years old I had my first sexual experience with a prostitute also at this age I learned to smoke drink alcohol and use drugs at 17 years of age while in college I joined the fraternity and was exposed to more liberated and carefree environment partying drinking smoking drug use gambling and sex became a daily thing violence was also part of my life since we would often get into bar fights in Rumbles it was also during this time where I met my first serious girlfriend a sorority sister of mine sex became part of our daily life and would do it anywhere anytime all the time my drug use became worse to a point that I wouldn't sleep for days or even weeks soon I found myself flunking all my exams and dropping all my subjects I was dismissed from my college and stopped studying during this time I got more addicted and more promiscuous since I would pay for prostitutes or have sex and drugs with female addicts I would sell stuff from our house and steal from my parents just to satisfy my addictions my parents sent me to illu illa for me to finish my engineering degree during this time I was led away from drugs I excelled in my studies and became popular in school this popularity allowed me to have several girlfriends and I was back in the sinking ship of sexual immorality after seven and a half years of college I finally became an engineer and made my way back to Manila after two years of working for construction firms I went on my own in 1998 and this was when I started earning so much money I would go out every night often going to high-end K TVs and clubs I was back to my drug addiction and my sexually immoral practices all the money I made during this time were used in drugs sex and gambling I was so deep into sex and drugs to a point that I almost got killed I was using drugs with the wife of a drug buddy in a drug den all sorts of drugs which made me hallucinate and feel out of control the woman started started to act inappropriately while I was seeing a vision of demons with glaring eyes surrounding me and laughing I got really scared and went out of the room I splashed water in my face and started praying the Lord's Prayer which was the only prayer I knew I asked Jesus to save me from the hell that I was experiencing suddenly another drug buddy of mine took me and drove me home as we rode in the car we saw the husband of the woman approaching the drug den it was clear to me then that the Lord brought me out of that darkness I decided to go back to lol Oh there I started a bakery business which sustained me while I was there I thought engineering math at a school where I earned my degree and there I met a student who soon became my girlfriend she was 11 years my junior and we had a very sexually active immoral relationship I went back to Manila because of another construction boom it was during this time when I was invited by my former drug buddy former sexually immoral gimmick partner to attend the first Bible study that he would be leaving here I was able to really know who Jesus is this was the time I invited Jesus into my life that former drug buddy and former sexually immoral gimmick partner is now a pastor here in CCF Center [Applause] from there on I started reading the Bible and was consistent in my Bible study attendance and even joined the single's ministry but it was still a rollercoaster ride for me I had to choose between my earthly desires or glorifying our Lord Jesus Christ in 2007 I went to work in the US for several months I forgot all about the Lord during my stint in the States I brought my Bible which I never read and I didn't even attend worship services during my entire stay I had a relationship with a Filipino American who worked at the front desk of the hotel where I was staying I was again on board that sinking ship I was so guilt stricken about everything I did and I asked the Lord for forgiveness I knew that I hurt the Lord on my flight back home for several hours I kept crying and praying during that time I experienced God's love I knew that I was completely forgiven this was the time I fully surrendered my life to the Lord by God's amazing grace and power God gave me a new life in Christ it has been ten years since that flight in encounter with God now I've been 10 years free from sexual immorality cigarettes alcohol and pornography and sixteen years free from drugs and gambling I'm continually growing in my walk with the Lord and being trans transformed to his likeness I've been part of a discipleship group and I'm also leaving my own D group I'm currently privileged to serve the Lord with my wife as part of CC FBF homes next gen ministry Spray for me that I will remain steadfast in my pursuit of a life that is honoring to the Lord to God be the glory we have been discussing the book of Colossians crisis supreme and the book of Colossians is basically divided into two main parts right believing resulting and right living so first two chapters which we discussed last week past few weeks right believing we discuss how believe is so important who crisis what he did for us today we start with chapter 3 chapter 3 has to do with now that you know what God has done what should you do so it has to do with behavior therefore if you have been raised up with Christ keep seeking the things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God I want you to notice two important words first therefore every time you see the word therefore what must you do you ask why is the word therefore therefore why is the word there it has to do with the previous ideas while the previous ideas we have discussed already who crisis what he has done for us example in Colossians chapter 2 verse 13 last Sunday we discuss what Christ did for us we were Spritle it dead and then God did something he made you alive together with him God did a radical thing in your life he gave you new life he gave us a new heart we discussed this last week he circumcised our heart not only that the Bible tells us everybody read having forgiven us all not just partial all our sins in other words God wants you to know because of Jesus all your sins past present future all of them are paid for and forgiven these were you need to understand now the three dimensions of our salvation the first is we are saved from the penalty of sin completely for even that's pass the Bible classes we are now being saved from the power of sin present tense and that's where some of you are struggling but God is saying salvation in God sanctification so today we are going to discuss practical sanctification how do you live a holy life because you are holy you have been forgiven and then the future aspect of salvation is from the presence of sin some day no more temptation Satan won't be around you'll be given a new body a new appetite in the meantime I want you to know the big picture of salvation what is the big picture of salvation guys are saved us from the penalty of sin say that we need penalty of sin God is now saving us today at this very moment from the power of sin you have been given power to overcome the power of sin but how do you apply that in your life that's the topic today next week in the coming weeks and then someday you'll be saved from the presence of sins or penalty power presence of sin this is beautiful forgiven us I love this all our transgressions everything so let's go about therefore so that's important because of who Jesus is what he has done for us if you have been raised up with Christ now this world if it's better as translated sins if you understand Greek language this is a first-class condition meaning it has happened if you have been raised up and since you have been raised up do you understand the grammar keep seeking the things about it is a command you must keep seeking keep pursuing the things about notice the grammar present imperative meaning keep on doing it why because the Bible tells us our tendency is to focus on the things of the earth this together set your mind that's the command guys the Bible gives you the secret of real transformation after you have Christ the first thing you need to learn now is to transform your mind set your mind on the things above not on the things that are on the earth again this is a command present imperative meaning keep setting your mind about the study made by Harvard when they asked Millennials what is your life goal and 80% of millennial says they want to be rich 50 percent says they want to be famous so they channel their energy in one thing to be rich in one thing to be famous then Harvard came up with the most amazing research you have ever heard of it's a research that is continuous one of its kind for 75 years they made research the topic is what is the secret of health and happiness you understand everybody wants to be happy so they made the research they divided out of seven hundred forty-two participants all male all men one group is from the sophomore years of their Harvard studies so these are so former students of Harvard another group from the poorest section of Boston the poor dysfunctional families problematic people teenagers now what they did they track them down a beer they follow them up for 75 years now you can imagine some of them have died would you like to know the secret of happiness and health would you like to know all right I'll tell you later because it has to do with the message today we all long for happiness we all long for health for the good life but God has given you the answer the first thing you need to do is to change the way you think our title today so simple everybody with this set your mind on Christ what does that mean set your mind on Christ let me tell you what it does not mean it does not mean what Oliver Wendell once said some people are so heavily minded that they are no earthly good that is not what the Bible is saying in fact the Bible saying if you are heavily minded you be you become the most productive people in society let me prove to you if you love history these are people who have set their mind on Jesus that has become very productive do you know who started hospitals followers of Jesus do you know who started the orphanages followers of Jesus in other words these are the people whose feed is on earth but they think like Christ because they focus on God's will on Jesus what he wants and they become so productive in their earthly life to set your mind above means you are very relevant but it means you are so in tune with Jesus that you asked him Lord what is it you want me to do you find your security in him let me give an example to set your mind on things above have you heard of the word perspective all of us see life through our own lenses if you have a pair of eyeglasses for example only what is that color of this eyeglass white assuming it's green I will see everything color green that's called perspective how you see things will dictate what is important what is not it's called priorities and your pair of this will impact your practices it'll impact your life many people don't realize your behavior is ultimately a byproduct of the way you are thinking but because it has become a habit you stop thinking about it let me give you an example there was a man who went to see Jesus he was fighting with his brother they were fighting for inheritance because for him money is the secret of happiness and then Jesus gave him an amazing statement Jesus told him beware and be on your guard against every form of grid for not even when one has an abundance thus his life consists of his possessions he is trying to tell all of us including those Harvard students that possessions money does not equal life you say money is not gonna make you happy your life is not defined by your abundance that is not how life is but because we don't have those knowledge people will die will compromise their values will compromise their moral standards for money and Jesus is saying that's not it Jesus said there was a rich man after this he gave a story of a rich man who was so successful in business because that's the only thing he thought about money in the morning man yet non-management and he became so successful that he had to expand and he was so successful that he accomplished the goal of which every one of us would like to help this is the goal soul you have many goods laid up for many years to come take your ease eat drink be merry see that's the goal of a lot of people including those Harvard students my goal is to reach the village so I can have security and I relaxed and I'll be happy except there's a problem and I noticed even Christians do this I have heard Christians they used to serve God they say now no no I want a lot so that someday I can be a self-supporting pastor well if that's what God is calling you do it but I don't think that is always God's plan for everybody whenever God calls you whatever he wants you to do you do it you don't say Lord I'm gonna postpone this but you know what happened how will you know you have future how do you know you still have a long time to live Jesus said to this rich man you're full this very night your soul is required of you and now we will own what you are prepared you see most of us think of the future but you don't think far enough you just think of your earthly future that's what Jesus is talking about do not set your mind on the things of this world alone nothing wrong I believe all of us must think of our future but don't just think of your earthly future I want you to think further if you believe there is life after death you believe you have eternal life then it makes sense to prepare for eternity however if you don't believe in the resurrection if you don't believe there is life after that my friend forget everything I'm going to talk about just do whatever you want to do drugs sex whatever you want to do because when you die you die however if you believe with your heart there is life after death then I think you need to listen very well and take Christianity seriously so the Bible tells us my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge you know many people don't know the Bible they don't know the truth so what's the message today everybody set your mind on Christ because transformation must begin after having Jesus you've got to transform your mind set look at what the Bible says everybody read do not be conformed to this world but be form by the renewing of your mind so that you may prove what the will of God is that which is good acceptable and perfect I want you to notice a few words number one do not be conformed it's a command in the word conformed is in the passive voice meaning you are already being conformed but you are not aware of this let me repeat because of social media because of your classmates because of your education because of the newspaper because of our surroundings you and I are already being conformed even without knowing it that's the grammar the grammar says stop being conformed because you are already being conformed but the most important thing is do not copy the values of this world which is money money money power power power it's all about self it's all about pride you are being conformed so what must you do everybody will be transformed now this is amazing if a command is in a passive voice meaning you cannot really transform yourself it's a command to be transformed but how they transform everybody read by the renewing of your mind so the key is set your mind above where Christ is you got to think properly everybody look at me all of you believe in something all of you who are looking at me you believe in something and whatever you believe is dictating your behavior you don't realize this if people come to worship on Sunday they come early the Cumbrian expectant heart they know theology I am here to worship God if people don't enjoy Sunday service if you are being forced to come here again it's because of your theology you don't understand we are saved to worship we are saved to love the Lord you have not understood that and the Bible tells us how therefore how can we be changed very simple saturate your mind with word of god why do I always tell people to read the Bible you will know the truth and the truth will set you free why do you think the devil does not want you to read the Bible so you will be transformed you know a study was made by the Center for biblical engagement they interviewed over 100,000 people and this is our conclusion if you are involved with Bible studies or read the Bible at least four times a week at least four times a week you not will happen number one you have 30% less struggle with loneliness people are longer you have less rate that 1% 62 percent less likely to get drunk 59% less sex outside of marriage meaning you have a better marriage fifty-nine percent less pornography forty-five percent less grumbling now this is the next part women you will love this you will have 20 percent less overeating somehow you will develop self-control twenty-two hundred twenty-eight percent you will share your faith have you been sharing your faith 231 percent you will disciple others 416 percent you handle money better giving citing the Bible tells us why should you set your mind on Christ because she tells you you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in other words you are no longer yourself you are so United with Jesus he becomes your most important possessions your most important thing and the Bible tells us you have died your old life you have new life and then the Bible tells us when Christ noticed who is Christ our life the Bible described Jesus as our life is revealed some day Jesus will be revealed then you also will be revealed with him in glory you know for believers to set your mind on Christ is to have tremendous security not only will your priorities changed not only will your values change even your confidence your security in life your identity is crucial if I were to ask you who are you most of us will define ourselves by our occupation I'm a businessman I'm a banker I'm a dentist I'm a doctor how many of you if people ask you who are you you can honestly say my identity is I am a child of God is that your identity you see when Christ who is your life my life is revealed future tense the second coming then you also all of us will be revealed with him in glory now what that is the meaning of setting your mind on Christ you begin to think of the reality of who you are because of Christ do you know how we are called in the Bible do you know our identity the Bible calls us Saints example Colossians chapter 1 to the Saints we are called Saints in the many Christians in the body tell me well pastor I'm only a sinner from now on I want you to change your mind you are a saint that may sin occasionally from time to time but you are no longer a sinner if you see yourself as a sinner my goodness how are you going to be transformed you have to see yourself with the mind of Christ God is saying you are no longer a sinner you are what a saint notice to the same efficient chapter 1 - the Saints 1st Corinthians chapter 1 - the st. all over the Bible God calls us Saints so up like a saint you are a saint remember it is not what we do that defines us it is who we are that will define what you do so when Satan knocks in your life don't answer you let Jesus answer when it comes into your house and he knocks who will answer the door not you you say Jesus here comes Satan tempting me take over that is the meaning set your mind on Christ because of who you are you belong to Jesus in fact the Apostle Paul tells us I have been crucified with Christ no longer I who live but Christ lives in me you see the Christian life is so unique he first gives you the truth and then your mind must apply the truth so that you'll experience the reality of the truth unlike positive thinking positive thinking is this they tell you whatever you believe that will become true no no Christian faith is first the truth you'll live it out and then you experience the truth positive thinking is different it can be built on a false premise you may think that will happen it will never happen there's no power per se in believing a lie but you got to believe the truth how many of you be honest with me you have pain you have disappointments in life the Bible does not deny trials or problems but this is what the Bible says because your mind is set on Christ you know that truth you have inside information what's gonna happen you respond differently for example Romans 5 tells us we exult in hope of the glory of God you know the future is fantastic because you are united with Christ and not only this we also exult in our tribulations you see we have problems tribulation means pain trials why can you exalt well it does you no way you see it has to with truth knowing that our tribulation everybody brings about perseverance and perseverance character in other words once you understand the ways of God and when you have problems you are not discouraged you see many people don't know theology when they have problems they get discouraged you know God does not love me anymore God is punishing me the world is unfair I give up my friend that is not the mind of Christ the mind of Christ means you process disappointments whatever happens in your life based on truth based on heavenly perspective now everybody you need to understand this there are two realities in this life the first reality is the material world it's true but there's another reality your eyes don't see the spiritual two realities they exist side by side most of us are only focused on earthly realities in your mind this is or this is life so you fight for everything you are very petty in Tagalog mabushii Machado complain and complain you know why because that's all you have this life let me tell you something there's another life the real spiritual life which is eternal and God is saying he's allowing temporal pain to mold your real you because what you brings to heaven is your character you cannot bring money with you you can even bring this body with you you bring you and you is the real you and God is at work that's why it says you process things differently that's the mind of Christ not if I consider the sufferings of the abyss present I'm not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us that's the mindset of a follower of Jesus you are not in denial you saying yeah sufferings yeah I know I'm in pain however the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared in other word you process things I think I got a long-distance call this week and this lady my wife and I been counseling she does not live in the Philippines but she gave us an amazing news because her husband has been unfaithful in the past and all her friends most of her friends are telling her divorce your husband get rid of him except for some godly counselors and of course we told her you don't divorce your husband you stick it out there you pray for him she said the most amazing thing is happening my husband for the first time came to me and told me I am sorry for what I've done the husband finally used the word at door Terry I am sorry I had hurt you amazing story but this is all about because this girl has the mind of Christ certain truths you will never experience until you follow Jesus that's why the Bible tells us we are children of God and if children of God your identity you must not the truth you are a child of God if you're a child of God everybody with you are the other heirs heirs of God fellow heirs with Christ my friend are you aware you are a you are a saint plus a child of God and you are rich you are very very rich you want to plop go ahead but you're very rich so don't sweat over this at least stuff you know why you work hard you do your best but the truth is this everybody with this if we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him do you know you d glorified some day therefore what must you do therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead the immorality not this therefore after knowing the truth therefore guard your mind focus on Christ therefore knowing what God has just told you who you are your identity your future therefore what must we do everybody therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead immorality impurity passion evil desire and grid which amounts to idolatry the first set of 5 sins in verse 5 5 sins and in the next verses another group of five scenes I call them social sins this is sensual sins the Bible is very clear what must you do in the Greek language the first word appearing is mortifying you must put to death that's the emphasis put to death because you have new life put to death what do you put to death sexual sin immorality what is immorality in morality from the word porneia sex outside of marriage from homosexuality lesbianism all kinds of sexual sin immorality nothing to do with that impurity sensuality you know I learned this the hard way I used to tell my one of my mentor is a u.s. bomber pilot he loves the Bible and one day I said you know you are like James Bond cause during my time James Bond is our hero he has this attache case you recall those attache case he got angry at me that don't ever say I'm like James Bond he does not like James Bond because for him James Bond represents immorality sensuality I realized sometimes I enjoy watching bad things I have what you call this imperfect and Phatak connection like when you see bad movies sometimes you you get excited about it I realized that sensuality be careful with your tastes because the Bible says you are a new person passion nothing wrong with passion except when they become evil desire and notice the Bible lump them all together as grid what is grid covetousness it is one thing something that does not belong to you this word grid not only deals with wanting somebody else wife it has to do with putting anything about God so he's saying put that to death now my friend why will God be so serious in telling us both to death all of this only somebody who has a new life will learn to see the horror of sin you see you and I don't see how bad sin is but once your eyes are open you begin to realize it will hurt relationship it will hurt God and it will hurt yourself the Bible tells us because of these things the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience and they in them you once wore when you were living in them see the Bible saying once upon a time you were with these things immorality since wanna be put to death now let me ask you a question why do you know what you need to put it to death when your old life have died already my friend this is now a theological truth while technically you have to understand have we been forgiven louder yes we are sanctified the Bible says you not have to deal with present sanctification it's called progressive sanctification you must now practice what is true of you practice for is true of you put to death have nothing to do with it because we are creatures of habit once you've given your life to Jesus your old life has died but you have many habits and you need to kill those habits and you understand so if you are tempted to sin it is no longer the real you it's the old you you gotta say I put this to death and the Bible tells us the truth sin shall not be master over you you are not under the law but under grace this command to put to death immorality sensuality passion this command is never given to unbelievers can I tell you why in the time of Jesus and the time of the Apostle Paul men men for men the purpose of the sexual appetite is to be satisfied so you have a wife you have mistresses you have concubines you have prostitutes for them nothing wrong that's why in Coram and in ephesus you have the temple the temple of diana the temple of you know its temple with temple prostitutes can you imagine your husband says honey I got to worship why are you worshiping you know how I got to worship the Impala in the prostitutes you have temple prostitutes that's why many men have become religious they go and worship everything because there are temple prostitutes you see in the pagan world you will not expect anybody who is religious to become holy and pure totally unheard of but when Jesus came he changed our culture no immorality you're a new person be holy put them all aside what anger wrath malice Islam they're abusive spits another group of five sins now let me ask you what's the difference between anger and wrath anger is this sudden tantrum like guava lava you know I remember counseling people they tell me you know pastor you have to understand I just throw my tantrum I just shot but after a few minutes I'm okay that's not acceptable because you don't understand every time you lose your temper and you shout it's like a hand grenade you explore the hand grenade and many are hurt you don't realize when you throw your tantrum anger wrath your family members are hurt a new thing everything's okay you know why well that after that I forget about it yeah you may forget about it but your wife your children the people around you have sharp nails and they're in pain so my friend I say new person in Christ you must have nothing to do with immorality sensuality also this group of sins have nothing to do put them all aside anger wrath malice slander and the Bible tells us abusive spits now my friend are you guilty of any one of the sins yes or no notice what the Bible's saying it's a radical put to death but the molar cell is a picture of changing your clothes you are a new person set them aside had nothing to do with this you see you and I we treat sin lightly and that's why many of us do not like Saints because we don't take it seriously the mind of Christ we'll take sin seriously because that is where the wrath of God will come and God is saying I love you I died for you what in the world are you doing with those sins I remember younger after Bible study she came to know the Lord but you see some of us don't change immediately she went to a nightclub and somebody saw her and somebody talked to her now that person who saw her I'm also asking why is she in the nightclub also here but the stories like this the guy told her what are you doing here you don't belong here now I don't know what the girl said about the man if I were a girl I'll say yes you also don't belong here but the truth is this you must realize you're a new person set your mind on things above you know this truth reminds me of the importance of knowing the mind of Christ the reality have you heard of how they trained elephant you know if you go to Thailand they train elephant when they are still small they put a piece of rope around the leg and that piece of rope is either tied to a tree or tied to a stake of him they will nail dice take on the ground that baby elephant would begin to realize I have limited freedom as long as the rope is there I cannot move too far away as a baby if we try to get on but it cannot it's a baby but when that elephant grows up to a massive huge animal technically it has the power to remove the rope to cut it but it will never do it in a way in his mind I am enslaved to the Rope many Christians are like that you keep telling us pastor I'm only human keep on sinning I'm in the pornography I'm into this I cannot change that is absolutely since the Bible wants you to know you have been set free you can change tell your neighbor you can change and you must change tell your neighbor okay you have victory so you don't have to be enslaved now this is a sin by its own do not lie to one another since you laid aside the old self notice it don't lie because the government here is like they keep lying to each other you know I've discovered sometimes we exaggerate sometimes we don't really speak the truth for example if you are late today and somebody asked you why are you late you say the traffic oh really the traffic service is at 9:00 you left your house five to nine and you blame the traffic okay no problem that's called exaggeration so the Bible says what must you do put on the news this is a command put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of God not is the grammar here now this is progressive you are being renewed day by day by day the truth is this you are being transformed day by day moment by moment that's the idea progressive sanctification that's what God is doing now are you have you heard of this tree all of theological term positional sanctification in Chryse progressive sanctification both words sanctification holy set apart you are made holy by Christ but you are being made only in terms of your behavior the Bible tells us a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew circumcised uncircumcised barbarian Cynthia slave and free men Christ is all and in all when you get the mind of Christ the Bible tells us racial segregation racial barriers is change do you notice how the words are used Greek and you they are not supposed to be talking to each other but in Christ you are to be brothers circumcised uncircumcised the Jews and the Gentiles together we are now one in price barbarians now barbarians are those people that they look down the Romans roof down on barbarians and the worst kind of barbarians are called Sinti and they're really barbaric they are not really very educated they are very rough slave and free men in the time of Jesus in the time of the Romans early early church slave don't mingle with Freeman his slaves are not consider human slaves are commodities you can kill them but in Christ we become one there is no relationship he's God amazing praise God that's what he will do so I praise God for CCF with all kinds of people where we have Caucasians with Asians with all kinds of social status people coming here you know why because in the Church of God we are all one in Christ you go to India today you have certain class system they can never mingle and that's why Christianity is growing fast in India because in Christ they mingle so what does it mean Christ is all and in all as we close would you like to know the secret of happiness are you ready this is their conclusion after 75 years of research the secret of happiness has nothing to do with money with education with your genes with your social status it has everything to do with the quality of your relationship what does it mean the quality of relationship the good life and the quality of relationship have a close correlation there's only a problem in that study it does not teach you how to have good quality relationship because how to have good quality relationship is fun in the book Colossians chapter 3 how in the world can have relationship with people if you are slandering them if you are taking advantage of them if you are lying if you are always angry notice at the end of Colossians the latter part of Colossians chapter 10 you will learn how do you deal with your husband how do you deal with your wife how do you deal with your workers how do you deal with your bosses it's all in the Bible but the Bible tells us the secret of good relationship begin with God if you don't have good relationship with God you will not have good relationship with each other they discovered people who don't have good relationship quality relationship they died earlier your brain is affected lonely people affects the brain shocking but true but you see the Bible did not put it that way but the Bible knows you want to live longer you want to be happy yes or no all right what's the answer let's read this together as we close everybody let's read Christ is all and in all the secret of life you make rice Center and everything becomes peripheral as GK Chesterton once said for followers of Jesus what is central is joy for those who don't follow Jesus what is central is sorrow let me repeat if you put Christ central if you put Christ first GK Chesterton said joy is central sorrow is peripheral sometimes you have sorrow but if you don't put Christ first what is central is sorrow joy is peripheral the Bible tells us set your mind on Christ make him Sentra I challenge you for the next 30 days when you wake up in the morning the first thing you do set your mind on Christ you say Lord Jesus Here I am what do you want me to do worship Him speak to him read this world the last thing you do at night Jesus I'm about to sleep thank you review the day with him thinking you do that for 30 days it becomes a habit and I'll guarantee you one thing you engage Jesus day by day moment by moment you read this word and your life will never be the same let's pray and your heads are bowed on I'd like you to commit to set your mind on Jesus the truth is there will be pain there'll be suffering they'll be disappointment however I want you to make christ central so why don't you pray this prayer with me if you like to make rice central will you quietly raise your hands yeah praise God okay now you pray this prayer with me to those of you who desire to make christ central you pray this prayer wherever you are Lord Jesus forgive me when I don't make you central in my life when I don't put my mind when you're not central in my mind when I don't set my mind on you Jesus Lord many times we are preoccupied with material things we are preoccupied with the things of this world but today Lord Jesus it is my prayer it is our prayer that you help us develop the habit of setting our mind on you today Lord in obedience to you we want to set our mind on you give us your peace give us your joy and above all we are going to put off the things that does not bring glory to your name we will put on the new us the new you the new life that you have given us thank you Jesus for the amazing life you have given us for the new life you have given us help us now practice who we are live out who we are because we are Saints and not sinners anymore in Jesus name we all pray amen amen god bless connect with CCF through the following websites [Music] jumpstart your spiritual journey by joining a small group [Music] we are so blessed you were able to join us today god bless and see you next time [Music]

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Published: Sun Nov 19 2017