LEARNING TO THINK LIKE JESUS Rethinking Your Life - Part 2

Rick Warren February 9-10, 2019

Paul: “We can understand these things, because we have THE MIND

OF CHRIST!” 1 Corinthians 2:16 (NLT)

“In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 (NCV)

10 CHARACTERISTICS OF THINKING LIKE JESUS (All quotes from Jesus)

1. I KNOW _____________________________________________ Jesus: “I AM: . . . the Bread of Life.” Jn. 6:35 . . . the Light of the world. Jn. 8:12 . . . the Good Shepherd Jn.10:11 . . . the Resurrection & the Life. Jn.11:25 . . . the Way, the Truth & the Life. Jn 14:6 . . . the True Vine. Jn.15:1 . . . the Son of God. Mk. 14:61-62 2. I KNOW _____________________________________________ “…I know where I came from and where I am going.” John 8:14 (NIV) Jesus at 12: “I must be about my Father’s business.” Luke 2:49 (KJV) “I must proclaim the Good News about God’s kingdom, for I was sent for this purpose.” Luke 4:43 (RSV) “My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” John 10:10 (NLT) 3. I’M ALWAYS AWARE _________________________________ “I am not alone because the Father is always with me.” John 16:32 “Jesus OFTEN slipped away to be alone so he could pray." Luke 5:15-16 (NCV) 4. I LET GOD HELP ME __________________________________ “I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me tells me what I should say and how I should say it.” John 12:49 (GW) 5. I DON’T WORRY ABOUT ______________________________ “I only try to please the One who sent me.” John 5:30 (NCV) “No one can serve two masters…” Luke 16:13 (NIV) 6. I DEPEND ON ________________________________________ “I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He can only do what he sees his Father doing…” John 5:19 (NIV)

7. I FORGIVE ___________________________________________ “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

Luke 23:34 (NIV) “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those which despitefully use you or persecute you.”

Matthew 5:44 (KJV) 8. I AM WILLING ________________________________________ “I am the good shepherd…and I lay down my life for the sheep.”

John 10:14-15 (NLT) “I CAME here not to be served but TO SERVE OTHERS, and TO GIVE my life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for each other.” 1 John 3:16 9. I WANT TO DO _______________________________________ “I came…to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do.”

John 6:38 (NCV) “I want the world to know that I love the Father and that is why I do everything exactly as the Father tells me to do.” John 14:31 (NCV) “Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." Mark 14:36 (NLT) “Jesus humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death on a cross. So, God exalted him and raised him to the highest place, and made his name greater than every other name.”

Philippians 2:8-9 (NCV) 10. I THINK WITH AN _____________________________________ “Jesus was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside God's throne in heaven.” Hebrews 12:2

HOW CAN I LEARN TO THINK LIKE JESUS?

• STUDY ______________________________ IN THE BIBLE “Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it.” Hebrews 12:2 (MSG)

• ASK GOD TO SHOW ME __________________________ AND _______________________________________________

“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your Word!” Psalm 119:18

Jesus: “…the Spirit will take from what I have to say and make it known to you.” John 16:15

Part 2:Learning to Think Like Jesus

Isaiah 40:13

“Who understands the mind of the Lord?”

1 Corinthians 2:16New Living Translation

“We can understand these things, because we have the mind of Christ!”

1. I know exactly who I am

John 6:35 I AM the Bread of LifeJohn 8:12 I AM the Light of the worldJohn 10:11 I AM the Good ShepherdJohn 11:25 I AM the Resurrection and the LifeJohn 14:6 I AM the Way, the Truth, and the LifeJohn 15:1 I AM the True VineMark 14:61-62 I AM the Son of God

2. I know God’s purpose for my life

John 8:14New International Version

“…I know where I came from and where I am going.”

Luke 2:49King James Version

“I must be about my Father’s business.”

John 10:10New Living Translation

“My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.”

John 12:27English Standard Version

“My soul is deeply troubled right now. So what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, it was for this purpose that I have come.”

3. I’m always aware that God is with me

John 16:32

“I am not alone because the Father is always with me.”

Luke 5:16New Century Version

“Jesus often slipped away to be alone so he could pray."

4. I let God help me choose my words

John 12:49God’s Word

“I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me tells me what I should say and how I should say it.”

5. I don’t worry about pleasing everyone

John 5:30New Century Version

“I only try to please the One who sent me.”

Luke 16:13New International Version

“No one can serve two masters…”

6. I depend on God’s power instead of my own

John 5:19New International Version

“I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He can only do what he sees his Father doing…”

7. I forgive my enemies and those who hurt me

Luke 23:34New International Version

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

Matthew 5:44King James Version

“Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those which despitefully use you or persecute you.”

8. I am willing to sacrifice for others

John 10:14-15New Living Translation

“I am the good shepherd…and I lay down my life for the sheep.”

Mark 10:45

“I came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many.”

1 John 3:16

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for each other.”

9. I want to do God’s will, not mine

John 6:38New Century Version

“I came…to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do.”

John 14:31New Century Version

“I want the world to know that I love the Father and that is why I do everything exactly as the Father tells me to do.”

Mark 14:36New Living Translation

“Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine."

Philippians 2:8-9New Century Version

“Jesus humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death on a cross. So, God exalted him and raised him to the highest place, and made his name greater than every other name.”

10. I think with an eternal perspective

Hebrews 12:2

“Jesus was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside God's throne in heaven.”

• Study His life and words in the Bible

Hebrews 12:2The Message

“Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it.”

• Ask God to show me the meaning and how it applies to my life today

Psalm 119:18

“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your Word!”

John 16:15

“…the Spirit will take from what I have to say and make it known to you.”