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THE SPIRITUAL

MIND OF CHRIST

“GOD’S Ideology”

 

 

 

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THE SPIRITUAL

MIND OF CHRIST

“GOD’S Ideology”

 

KIIZA SMITH,

Bestselling law author

From the same author of “The Lawyer’s Desk” & “The New World Order, fetching the new generation”

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

I Would like to acknowledge my Lord God Almighty and then some people without whose help this book would never have been finished:

I thank the pastors and friends who constantly nagged me to write this book about the mind of Christ and with great honor, I acknowledge the works of the woman of God Joyce Meyer for her preaching’s where I learned a lot about the spirit and pastor, Joel Osteen, together with compelling truth organization for the encouragement you gave me and the work you used to refer to read which enabled me to get this work done.

I thank the TeeParkots Inc. Publishers for sponsoring most of my work plus the bit of distribution to make my work so encouraging.

I acknowledge the whole team of the TeeParkots Inc. publishers’ editorial body and Magumba Innocent my senior editor and graphics designer for making the cover, editing, and typing.

I acknowledge most lawyers who have helped me and mentored me during the writing of this book, mostly those from the different countries’ law societies.

I would love to thank also my friends and members of my family who encouraged me to write this book, I hope I have done justice to their desires.

I greatly thank all the different senior and junior pastors in all the different churches plus the different family leaders and evangelists from the different worship fellowships that have been there for me advising me on everything right from my first Gospel book titled: “THE SPIRITUAL WALKER by KIIZA SMITH”. Great thanks and may the Almighty Lord God Highly Bless you all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFACE

 

My friends and pastors urged me to write this book, I wanted to write about the gifts of God but my friends wanted me to write about this and they said if I don’t write about it then nobody would write about it

 

Am truly grateful to all the people I have referred to for their encouragement and to those who have served as my pillars in the various scenarios,

….. I dedicate this book to all the new born again members

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

 

THE WAY TO LIVE WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST

One of the greatest revelations of my life is: I can choose my thoughts and think things on purpose. In other words, I don’t have to just think about whatever falls into my mind. This was a life-changing revelation for me because as Proverbs 23:7 says, “As he [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he”. I like to say it like this: Where the mind goes, the man follows.

 

Now God is concerned about the hidden man of the heart, which is our inner life. Our inner life is what we think about. And like the scripture above says, the way we think determines how we live and who we are. That’s why we need to think about what we’re thinking about.

 

It’s so important for us to understand this because if we don’t learn how to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 10:4-5), we won’t live the life Jesus died to give us – a life of peace with God, peace with ourselves, great relationships, real joy and the ability to become all God has created us to be. It comes down to choosing to believe what God says (the truth) more than we believe our feelings, what other people say, or our circumstances.

 

The Bible specifically talks about three things we must do to develop a mind that agrees with God. I want to share the benefits of each of them.

 

When God's Timing Is Taking Too Long

We all want good things to happen in our lives, but too often we want it now...not later. When it doesn't happen that way, we are tempted to ask, "When, God, when?" Most of us need to grow in the area of trusting God instead of focusing on the "when" question. If you're missing joy and peace, you're not trusting God. If your mind feels worn out all the time, you're not trusting God.

The tendency to want to know about everything that's going on can be detrimental to your Christian walk. Sometimes knowing everything can be uncomfortable and can even hurt you. I spent a large part of my life being impatient, frustrated, and disappointed because there were things I didn't know. God had to teach me to leave things alone and quit feeling that I needed to know everything. I finally learned to trust the One who knows all things and accept that some questions may never be answered. We prove that we trust God when we refuse to worry.

God wants us to live by discernment—revelation knowledge, not head knowledge. It's difficult to exercise discernment if you're always trying to figure everything out. But when you're willing to say, "God, I can't figure this out, so I'm going to trust You to give me a revelation that will set me free," then you can be comfortable in spite of not knowing. Trusting God often requires not knowing how God is going to accomplish what needs to be done and not knowing when He will do it. We often say God is never late, but generally, He isn't early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.

Wait with Patience

We spend a lot of time in our lives waiting because change is a process. Many people want to change, but they don't want to go through the waiting process. But the truth is, waiting is a given—we are going to wait. The question is, are we going to wait for the wrong or right way? If we wait for the wrong way, we'll be miserable; but if we decide to wait for God's way, we can become patient and enjoy the wait. It takes practice, but as we let God help us in each situation, we develop patience, which is one of the most important Christian virtues. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22). It's developed only under trial, so we must not run from difficult situations. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing (James 1:4).

As we develop patience, the Bible says we finally feel completely satisfied—lacking nothing. Even our relationship with God involves progressive changes. My relationship with God is so much different now than it was in the early days of my Christian experience. It is not nearly as emotionally exciting...and yet it is better. Every change I've gone through has made me more mature, solid, and well-grounded. We learn to trust God by going through many experiences that require trust. By seeing God's faithfulness over and over, we let go of trusting ourselves, and gradually we place our trust in Him. Looking at it like this, it is easy to see how timing plays an important part in learning to trust God. If He did everything we asked for immediately, we would never grow and develop. Timing and trust work side by side.

Accept God's Timing

God gives us hopes and dreams for certain things to happen in our lives, but He doesn't always allow us to see the exact timing of His plan. Although frustrating, not knowing the exact timing is often what keeps us in the program. There are times when we might give up if we knew how long it was going to take, but when we accept God's timing, we can learn to live in hope and enjoy our lives while God is working on our problems. We know that God's plan for our lives is good, and when we entrust ourselves to Him, we can experience total peace and happiness.

The book of Genesis tells the story of Joseph, who waited many years for the fulfillment of the dream God had given him. He was falsely accused and imprisoned before the time came for him to do what God had shown him he was to do. Exodus 13:17-18 tells us that God led the Israelites the longer, harder way on their journey to the Promised Land because He knew they were not yet ready to go in. There had to be time for their training, and they had to go through some very trying situations. They wasted a lot of time wondering about God's timing, but God never failed to take care of them and show them what He wanted them to do. The same is true in our lives. It was many years after I received my call from God in February of 1976 before I finally began to see major fulfillment of what God had called me to do. God's training period simply requires us to do what He tells us to do when He tells us to do it...without questioning or trying to figure everything out.

Learn to Rely on God

Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure”.

Proverbs 20:24 says, “Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way?”

When God directs our paths, He sometimes leads us in ways that don't make sense to us so we're not always going to understand everything. If we try to reason out everything, we will experience struggle, confusion and misery—but there is a better way.

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding”.

In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. This sounds so simple, yet too many people make the mistake of trying to figure everything out themselves. Most of us have spent our lives trying to take care of ourselves, but when we accept Christ as our Savior, we must learn to trust our lives to His care. When we do, we can say with the psalmist:

“...I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God. My times are in Your hands...” (Psalm 31:14-15).

1(first) Peter 5:5 tells us that “...God sets Himself against the proud (the insolent, the overbearing, the disdainful, the presumptuous, the boastful)—[and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them], but gives grace (favor, blessing) to the humble”.

Anyone who thinks they're a self-made man or woman has a rude awakening coming because Jesus said:

“...apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing” (John 15:5).

Humility is a covering that draws the help of God into our lives to protect us. When we humble ourselves by saying, "God, I don't know what to do, but I'm trusting You," God gets in gear to help us. God won't allow us to succeed at anything unless we're leaning and relying on Him. But when we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, in due time, He will exalt us (see 1 Peter 5:6). "Due time" is God's time, when God knows we're ready, not when we think we're ready. The sooner we understand and accept that, the sooner God can work His plan in our lives.

From Seedtime to Harvest

Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us: “To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven”.

This lets us know that we all don't live in the same season

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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 17.10.2020
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THE WAY TO LIVE WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST one of the greatest revelations of my life is: I can choose my thoughts and think things on purpose. In other words, I don’t have to just think about whatever falls into my mind. This was a life-changing revelation for me because as Proverbs 23:7 says, “As he [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he”. I like to say it like this: Where the mind goes, the man follows. Now God is concerned about the hidden man of the heart, which is our inner life. Our inner life is what we think about. And like the scripture above says, the way we think determines how we live and who we are. That’s why we need to think about what we’re thinking about. It’s so important for us to understand this because if we don’t learn how to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 10:4-5), we won’t live the life Jesus died to give us – a life of peace with God, peace with ourselves, great relationships, real joy