Sermon Notes - Let This Mind Be In You
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Lesson Title: The Ministry of the Saints – Lesson Eight: LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU!
📅 Date: June 29, 2025
📖 Text: Philippians 2:5–8 (NKJV)
I. INTRO: RECAP & CONTEXT
We are saved by grace — not effort
We are planted for purpose — not by accident
We are called to influence — not just exist
POINT:
To walk in divine authority, we must think with divine alignment.
Philippians 2:5 – “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.”
A hinge point connecting identity (who we are) with action (how we live).
The saints already have His Spirit — now Paul calls them to take on His mind.
POINT:
Identity without application = immaturity.
Paul calls the mature into alignment.
II. “LET THIS MIND…” – UNDERSTANDING THE POSTURE
Mind “Greek: phroneō” – to think, to be intent on
➤ Not just thought — but a mental posture
➤ A mindset that shapes behavior
What Is Posture?
The condition of your heart, mind, and spirit.
In the Kingdom: Posture is everything.
1. Posture Reveals the Heart
1 Samuel 16:7 – “The Lord looks at the heart.”
Performance without the right posture carries no Kingdom weight.
➤ God responds to posture before performance.
2. Posture Determines Access
1 Peter 5:6 – “Humble yourselves... that He may lift you up…”
Gifting without posture can block or delay destiny.
➤ Posture unlocks favor and spiritual authority.
3. Posture Prepares You for Release
Before God promotes — He postures.
Before He sends — He shapes.
Before He releases — He refines.
➤ Posture is preparation.
III. INTERNAL ALIGNMENT
Mark 1:3 – “Prepare the way of the Lord…”
Before the way is made — the heart must be postured.
Internal Alignment =
Heart, mind, will, and spirit in full agreement with God’s will.
You can’t walk in what you haven’t aligned with.
You can’t carry what you’re not postured to handle.
Amos 3:3 – “Can two walk together unless they be agreed?”
Agreement starts inside.
IV. POSTURE SHAPES INFLUENCE
Position ≠ Posture
➤ You can be positioned right but postured wrong.
God honors posture, not title.
Humility, character, integrity — required posture to be entrusted.
Luke 16:12 — “Be faithful with another’s before your own.”
➤ Faithfulness is posture.
➤ Honor is posture.
Posture is the soil where Kingdom influence grows—or dies.
V. THE POSTURE THAT UNLOCKS EVERYTHING: THE MIND OF CHRIST
Philippians 2:5 – “Let this mind be in you…”
Hebrew: (lev / lēv) = heart-mind
Hebrew thought connects thinking with the heart.
It’s a HEART thing, not just a HEAD thing.
Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep your heart… for out of it flow the issues of life.”
Luke 6:45 – “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
Key Insight:
- Head knowledge quotes Scripture.
- Heart posture embodies it.
Hebrew breakdown of lev (לב):
ל (lamed) – instruction/shepherding
ב (bet) – house/dwelling
Key Point ➤ God’s instruction must dwell in the heart — not pass through the head.
KINGDOM TRUTH:
“You don’t struggle because you don’t know it — you struggle because you haven’t surrendered to it.”
VI. THE MIND OF CHRIST FUELS THE MINISTRY OF THE SAINTS
Aligns You with the Will of God
John 5:19 – “The Son can do nothing but what He sees the Father do.”
➤ Power flows through alignment, not rebellion.
Produces Obedience That Dismantles Darkness
Philippians 2:8 – “…He became obedient…”
Obedience = warfare.
Satan doesn’t fear your knowledge — he fears your submission.
2 Corinthians 10:4–5 – “Take every thought captive…”
➤ The mind is the battlefield. Posture determines victory.
Is the Gateway to Walking in True Power
Romans 12:2 – “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind…”
Key Point ➤ Transformation comes before demonstration.
The anointing flows where the mind is aligned.
Equips You to Fulfill the Saints’ Mandate
Ephesians 4:11–13 – Fivefold equips saints to the measure of Christ.
That measure = not just power, but posture.
Key Point ➤ You can’t be the Body of Christ with a carnal mind.
VII. FINAL POINT: THE MIND OF CHRIST MAKES YOU A KINGDOM AGENT
The enemy fears a believer who:
Thinks like Christ
Submits with humility
Walks in authority
Stays in Kingdom cadence
Such believers:
Tear down strongholds
Shift atmospheres
Advance the Kingdom daily