Latest / Still, Here / A Life You Now Inhabit – Have This Mind
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- 0:01SPEAKER_00: this is still here a quiet moment to remember what is true listen to these words
- 0:09SPEAKER_00: from the book of galatians chapter 2 verse 20 i have been crucified with christ
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: and it is no longer i that live but christ lives in me that life which i now live in
- 0:23SPEAKER_00: the flesh i live by faith in the son of god who loved me and gave himself up for me
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: this is not a spiritual technique to maintain this is a life you now inhabit
- 0:39SPEAKER_00: for 30 days we have been walking toward this truth
- 0:43SPEAKER_00: the renewed soul is no longer trying to manage a method it is learning to live from
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: the presence mind love and life of christ already being formed within
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: a method gives us information from the outside
- 1:01SPEAKER_00: it may help us practice notice and begin but the mind of christ is more
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: than information christ within us becomes internal energy living presence
- 1:13SPEAKER_00: and gracious motivation paul says christ lives in me that phrase gathers
- 1:21SPEAKER_00: the whole journey christ is not one influence among many he is the center
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: the animating presence
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: the personal director the living source of the life now forming
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: within us his life reaches the mind the heart and
- 1:40SPEAKER_00: the body his presence touches thoughts and imagination desire and memory feeling
- 1:48SPEAKER_00: and movement speech and silence identity and peace
- 1:54SPEAKER_00: the life we now live is lived by faith in the son of god who loved us
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: and gave himself for us that means renewal is embodied it is ordinary it happens
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: in real life in real bodies in real moments of resistance fear grief joy hope
- 2:17SPEAKER_00: and love paul says we have been crucified with christ
- 2:23SPEAKER_00: the old way of living no longer gets to define the whole story
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: the old self has been brought to the cross the new life is here our awareness
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: of what that means is the journey this transformation is not finished
- 2:40SPEAKER_00: in one moment it grows in us over time the fire of god's desire is lit within
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: the soul
- 2:49SPEAKER_00: as we become more aware of his will his love and his influence that fire continues
- 2:56SPEAKER_00: to grow what began as awareness becomes abiding we began by receiving the mind
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: of christ then we became more aware of what shapes us we learn
- 3:09SPEAKER_00: to notice joy blessing coherence and love we returned our attention to god
- 3:17SPEAKER_00: we listened to thoughts to emotions to resistance and inner narratives
- 3:23SPEAKER_00: with wisdom we allowed grace repentance desire belief and the body
- 3:30SPEAKER_00: to be reformed we learned to carry christ's presence see christ
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: in others speak words that carry life live from settled identity become
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: a peace-bearing presence
- 3:45SPEAKER_00: and recognize god working within grace has been quietly forming us all along
- 3:53SPEAKER_00: by now you may notice a finer sensitivity to god's movement a thought softens
- 3:59SPEAKER_00: a feeling becomes a signal a memory opens to grace the body learns
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: a little more trust love becomes more available these changes may feel subtle
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: that does not make them small a life can be deeply changed
- 4:18SPEAKER_00: before it feels dramatic growth is real even
- 4:22SPEAKER_00: when old patterns still speak christ is present even
- 4:26SPEAKER_00: where formation remains unfinished the spirit is patient with the pace of
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: the soul you may still feel anxious
- 4:35SPEAKER_00: at times you may still grieve you may still become tired confused reactive or afraid
- 4:44SPEAKER_00: this journey does not remove every struggle it gives you a truer place to live from
- 4:50SPEAKER_00: within the struggle christ lives in me that is the home of
- 4:56SPEAKER_00: the renewed soul completion does not mean formation is finished it means a new way
- 5:04SPEAKER_00: of life has begun to feel like home the mind of christ becomes the life
- 5:10SPEAKER_00: of christ expressed through love
- 5:13SPEAKER_00: a soul renewed by christ becomes a life available for love love in the mind
- 5:20SPEAKER_00: the heart the body love in words in presence in courage in peace love
- 5:28SPEAKER_00: in ordinary faithfulness so take a moment to look back
- 5:33SPEAKER_00: over these 30 days choose one phrase one prayer one image or one moment
- 5:41SPEAKER_00: that feels like home
- 5:43SPEAKER_00: Hold it gently.
- 5:45SPEAKER_00: Let it become a doorway of return.
- 5:48SPEAKER_00: You are not leaving this journey with a checklist.
- 5:51SPEAKER_00: You are carrying a presence.
- 5:54SPEAKER_00: Christ is not only shaping how you think.
- 5:57SPEAKER_00: Christ is forming the life from which you live.
- 6:02SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
- 6:06SPEAKER_00: Christ Jesus, you live in me.
- 6:09SPEAKER_00: your presence is deeper than my striving and steadier
- 6:13SPEAKER_00: than my fear let your life reach my mind my heart and my body teach me to inhabit
- 6:21SPEAKER_00: the grace you are forming within me amen
- 6:27SPEAKER_00: as this journey continues
- 6:28SPEAKER_00: beyond these 31 days carry this prayer with you christ lives in me
- 6:38SPEAKER_00: My life is yours.
- 6:42SPEAKER_00: Christ lives in me?
- 6:45SPEAKER_00: My life
- 6:46SPEAKER_00: is yours
- 6:49SPEAKER_00: Christ lives
- 6:51SPEAKER_00: in me
- 6:53SPEAKER_00: my life
- 6:54SPEAKER_00: is yours
- 7:06SPEAKER_00: if you would like to go deeper the written reflections are available
- 7:10SPEAKER_00: at powerloveandmiracles.com
- 7:16SPEAKER_00: until next time stay steady stay open stay present you are still here