LifeChangers: Session 4 – Building a Spiritual Mindset

Using key #1 describe what placement and portrayal mean, and how they apply to your walk with God.

Key 1 – Our relationship with God contains two aspects that are really important to Him, and two aspects that we must relentlessly practice.

In key #2 what is relational thinking and how can it conform us to a new lifestyle in Christ as seen in Romans 8:28-29?

Key 2 – What we are practicing is relational thinking – that is thinking from the heart of our relationship not from our circumstances.

What is primary purpose as defined in Genesis 1:26 and Colossians 1:18-19, and how is God developing that in our lives?
What are the two best questions asked on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), and why are they vital for our ongoing relationship with the Lord?
What particular thought patterns cause a disconnect in our relationship with the Lord?

Using key #3, define primary purpose as defined in Hebrews 2:9-11, and His desire to produce sons.

Key 3 – All of God’s dealings with us are to produce sons.

What are the three things that we are always discovering, exploring and experiencing in our relationship with God in the context of Sonship?
If God is always preeminent (Colossians 1:18), what does that mean in regards to John 5:17; Ephesians 2:10 and Philippians 2:13?

In Galatians 4:4-7 we see a major key, Key #4, in our relationship with the Lord.

Key 4 – The adoption as sons takes place in our circumstances.

What would be the mindset of a much-loved child?
How can that thinking grow into and complement a more mature son?
When you consider the range of our relationship with God being from a much loved child to a fully mature son, how can that range of relationship impact on your thinking?

God is always training us for Sonship. Key #5.

Key 5 – God is always training us for sonship – always as in always.

Building a mindset is one of the most powerful training requirements for being with God consistently. Explain the love required from God that profits our being disciplined into a stronger place of holiness.
How will the Lord motivate you in love so that the end result, being like Him, is achieved?

If the right mindset, Key #6, is the key to healthy emotions. Describe the impact of negative emotions on your relationships with God and others.

Key 6 – Building the right mindset is the key to healthy emotions.

The right mindset acts as a mirror, Key #7, empowering us to see God in us and our image in Him.

Key 7 – The right mindset is like a mirror that empowers us to see His image in us and ours in Him.

When truth is a mirror, what declarations can we make that upgrade our personal confession in Jesus?
What are you reflecting personally regarding the nature of God? Make a list of what you enjoy in Him.
What areas require an upgrade? Make a list.
What will the Holy Spirit want to start on first?