The Mind of Christ

Let this mind--this attitude--be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

A willingness to pour yourself out for others--empty yourself as a sacrifice for the needs of those around you. Deny yourself daily. Such a life will fill you and those you serve with joy.

Be so controlled by the Spirit that you can't walk by anyone with a need--emotional, spiritual, even physical without responding. You can't help yourself. Such a life edifies--builds up--strengthens--those you help and fortifies your spiritual faith in His desire--and ability--to use you for His glory.

Be committed to live such a life of obedient service for others no matter what--until death. Such a life of loving obedience in all things fills you with a sense of His presence--a sense of His faithful love toward you. "For me to live is Christ--and to die, gain."

Such a life of complete surrender to the Spirit lifts of the beauty of the Savior before the eyes of men. And if He is lifted up . . .?