DETERMINED MIND
We must Seek and then Set our minds on spiritual things, not things on the earth. Serving God is a decision. Being a Christian is a deliberate and determined way of living. No one is a Christian or behaves like one by accident.
Colossians 3:1-4 Seek and Set
Verse 1:
How were we “raised with Christ?” (refers back to 2:12)________________________
What do we do to “seek things above”?_____________________________________
Verse 2:
To set your mind on something is to focus on it.
Who is your mind set on?________________________________________________
What is your mind set on?________________________________________________
What is being contrasted?________________________________________________
“Set your mind on” – Greek: phroneo – to exercise the mind, to interest oneself in
Matthew 6:19-21
Where are we to lay up our treasure?________________________________
Circle the word “but”. What two things are being contrasted?
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How does the “location” of our treasure show what our mind is set on?
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Verse 3:
Who died?____________________________________________________________
Where is your life now?__________________________________________________
Galatians 2:20
Who now lives in Me?_____________________________________________
How are we to live our life in the flesh?_______________________________
Verse 4:
Who is our life?________________________________________________________
Isaiah 26:3,8
What does Isaiah say that God will give us if our mind is on Him?_________________
How does trust play a part in our determination to follow Him?__________________
What should be the “desire of our soul”?____________________________________
The thoughts in our mind are what can make us determined to follow Him.
1 Chronicles 29:18
David offers prayer when the people bring their offerings for the building of the Temple.
He prays “keep this (their willingness to offer) forever in the ______________
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And fix _____________________________________________________________ “.
He wants the people to continue to be determined to serve.
Are we as determined to serve? To give?
Proverbs 16:3
By doing the “works of the Lord, it will do what to our thoughts?____________
Proverbs 12:5
How does God see the thoughts of the righteous?_____________________________
We must be determined to be a disciple of Jesus. He does not want half-hearted, lukewarm followers. Are you determined to follow Him and have you set your mind on Him?