EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 7: For the mind of Christ
Today we pray for the mind of Christ. What does that mean? It means to be like-minded with Christ. We pray to have enlightened minds that see the world and interpret current events, our relationships, actions of others, ourselves, the value of our material possessions and our work - to see all things as God sees them. We do not want to be swayed by the marketing tactics of the world or the subtle nudges of the desires of our own flesh. Pray for God to help us to grow in developing our minds to be like Christ's mind of wisdom, truth, and godliness.
“'For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?' [Isaiah 40:13] But we have the mind of Christ." - 1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV
"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, [2] complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. [3] Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. [4] Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. [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, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. [8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." - Philippians 2:1-8 ESV (italics added)
"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace." - Romans 8:5-6 ESV
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