Northwest Church of Christ - San Antonio, TX

We all see the world in only one way: through our own eyes and no one else's. This can make agreement difficult sometimes.  It causes division and hurt.

The Thanksgiving holiday provides us an annual opportunity to grow in gratitude.  This year we'll explore the helpful instruction about giving thanks in Psalm 100, which includes... 

In our Mind Matters series we've noted that we often do not think in healthy ways spiritually because of sin, that we need to have our minds renewed, that God is the one who is able to renew them, and that we need to cooperate with his work on our minds. Besides these basic truths, the thing I believe is most important for us to take away from the series is …

We've noted some ways God works to renew our minds and ways we can cooperate with him.  But there's still one other resource mentioned in Scripture that can help us think in more healthy ways.

We've noticed in this series how our minds can stop working well spiritually and that the beginning of a renewed mind is to repent.  Then, one of our primary goals should be to develop the mind of Christ, which is an outlook or attitude of humility, self-denial, serving, and sacrifice.  But there's more.... 

One of the best things we can seek is to have the mind of Christ. Having the mind of Christ is not merely a mental activity, however. Instead …

Hopefully our previous messages have helped us see the need for our minds to be renewed.  Today we begin that process with repentance.  Unfortunately, the words repent and repentance have been overused and misused so much that we may not really understand then or even want to consider them.  It is imperative that we do, however.....

The Bible uses a variety of unflattering words to describe our minds when they go astray from God.  That certainly gets our attention but may also put us off a little bit.  Are our minds really all that bad spiritually?  Do we have untrue, distorted or unhealthy thoughts in our minds?    

Our minds have an extremely important role in our relationship with God. Unless we deliberately cooperate with God, however, our minds will be spiritually unhealthy and hinder us in many ways. What is the mind, according to the Bible? And how does it get to be such a problem for us?

Life is harder than I thought it was.  We all face multiple difficulties everyday.  Sometimes we are surprised by the difficulties we experience related to our faith and church.  And sometimes we allow the difficulties to keep us from serving.