{"id":2926,"date":"2014-09-02T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2014-09-02T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T17:30:12","slug":"philippians-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"Philippians Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Philippians.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Philippians-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Philippians\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Philippians.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Philippians.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Philippians.jpg?w=793 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We are called to have a certain mindset.\u00a0 Our mindset dictates our perspective and how we react to any given situation.\u00a0 Our knowledge and upbringing determine our reactions to what happens in Ferguson, Iraq, or even in Church.\u00a0 Have we allowed God to give us a new mind of love for one another, and a new mind of humility where we prefer each other?\u00a0 Having the mind of Christ keeps us humble and willing to be obedient to God\u2019s holy Word.\u00a0 This mind also allows us to rejoice in the work of Christ knowing none of our works will be in vain.\u00a0 Paul speaks of some in the church that are just looking out for their own ways and self-centered benefits.\u00a0 Therefore, Paul sends leaders to help teach and guide the church in Philippi.\u00a0 When we have the mind of Christ we accept authority and the teaching of those in leadership.\u00a0 We know God has order and we fit in the body as Christ sees appropriate, and we accept our role.\u00a0 The renewing of our minds must take place by God\u2019s Word and Spirit as we surrender to Christ (Romans 12:1, 2).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2927,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}