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So, here's a challenge, let's be more humble.

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In today's Faith2C message, we will talk

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about having the humble mindset of Jesus Christ.

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A big part of becoming more like Jesus is becoming

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more humble, taking on the servant mindset. giving

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up our rights, and taking the lower seat. Now

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I do want to qualify something before we get

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into this Faith2C message. Humility does

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not mean letting people walk all over us, nor

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does it mean we're weak. Humility in the words

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of Dr. Charles Stanley just means power under

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control. We have power. but we know when and

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how to use it, and it's under the submission

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of the Holy Spirit. Let's get into our first

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scripture of the day, which is Philippians 2

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verse 7. This is the NLT version and it says,

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Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He

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took the humble position of a slave and was born

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as a human being. When he appeared in human form,

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he humbled himself in obedience to God and died

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a criminal's death on a cross. Hold up, hold

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up, hold up. We're not talking about Jesus, are

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we? Yes, the scripture is talking about Jesus.

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It says that he took the lowly form of a servant,

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but he's literally the king. Why would he be

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doing a servant's work? It's ironic, I know.

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But when Jesus was doing servants work, he was

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being our example. So the question we need to

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ask ourselves are what are some ways I can take

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on the mindset of Christ and be humble and then

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we need to ask the Lord to help us willingly

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and kindly Give up our right Our next scripture

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is Romans chapter 12 verse 2, and this is taken

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from the easy English Bible version. It says,

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you will know what is completely right. I chose

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to read this scripture in the easy English Bible

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version, but some of us may know the scripture

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by the version that says, do not be conformed

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to this world, but be transformed by the renewal

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of our mind. To have our minds renewed means

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that God will transform the way we think, which

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will then change the way we live. So if I think

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about how humble Jesus was, and how humble he

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wants me to be, then I will be more humble. think

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about how much better I am than the next person

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and how much more I deserve what they have, then

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I will live pridefully. But pride is something

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that the Lord hates. The scripture literally

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says that the Lord hates pride. And when I look

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at my life, in a lot of circumstances, pride

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has gotten in the way. Pride is something we

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all struggle with. So God wants us to get closer

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to him so that we can be renewed in our spirit,

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in our minds, and in every aspect of our lives.

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It's as simple as this. If Jesus washed his disciples'

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feet, then I can give up the front seat. And

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that's a real example from my life because I'm

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not kidding. If I am not careful, that front

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seat can have a chokehold on me. Our last scripture

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today is 1 Corinthians 2 verse 16. And this is

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taken from the NLT version. It says, I'm telling

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you the truth right now. When we get closer to

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God, He reveals a lot of things to us. When we

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have the humility that the Lord gives us, we

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can acknowledge that we need Him. Pride says

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I don't need anyone. Pride says I can do it all

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by myself. But humility says I am not enough

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outside of Christ. I actually need the Lord to

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help me. When we are humble and acknowledge our

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weakness, we are believing in the scripture 2

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Corinthians 12 verse 9 which says, my grace is

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sufficient for you and my power is perfected

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in your weakness. And this is important to believe

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because we cannot try and live the Christian

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walk by ourselves. There is nothing we can do

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in our Christian life apart from Jesus. Because

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once we are saved and once we humble ourselves

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and acknowledge our need for him, we now have

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the mind of Christ and we can now understand

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the mystery of Christ so humility is such a great

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thing and it is such a blessing yes sometimes

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it is difficult but it will be greatly rewarded

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we are to obey God and the more humble we are

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to give up our rights the more we please God

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and the more we become like him so our points

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today are one to have the spirit such the mindset

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of humility we must become closer to Jesus to

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Jesus will renew our minds and change the way

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we think to live more like him. And three, when

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we are humble, we understand the need we have

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for God. So. If you have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, then this Faith to See message

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will help you. But if you don't have a personal

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relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite

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you to give your heart to the Lord today. To

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receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10,

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9 -10. It says that if you confess with your

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mouth, the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart

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that God has raised him from the dead, you will

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be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto

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righteousness, and with the mouth, confession

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is made. unto salvation. If you said this prayer

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with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal

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life with Jesus. You are saved from all your

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sins, past, present, and future sins you may

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commit. This truth, however, is not a free past

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as in any time. Instead, Jesus gives you power.

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over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread

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the gospel to others. You are saved forever and

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your name is written in the book of life.