\u201cAdopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus.\u201d Philippians 2:5 CSB
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Wow. \u00a0Same attitude as Christ? \u00a0I\u2019ve got a long way to go. \u00a0Gratefully, I\u2019m not where I used to be, but I also have a long way to go. \u00a0We all do, because we\u2019re not Jesus, nor will we ever be Him. But that doesn\u2019t mean we \u00a0can\u2019t strive to BE like Him. We do this by following His lead, doing what He has already done, what we learn about Him in the scriptures. \u00a0Do what He did to have an attitude like Jesus. Mother Teresa did this well over her lifetime.
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Mother Teresa won the Nobel peace prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work in India. The dinner they would have given to honor her with the prize would cost approximately $192,000. Can you imagine someone willing to spend $192,000 on a dinner to honor you? I can\u2019t, not in the least. Mother Teresa, thinking like Jesus, cancelled the dinner and asked that the money be donated to the charities that she supported. That is having an attitude like Jesus. I learned something new about Mother Teresa when I researched her for this devotional. She spent 50 years of her life in spiritual crisis, at sometimes even doubting His existence. It started in 1948 and lasted until her death. 1948 is when she began her ministry in Calcutta to the poor. The ministry that she won over 120 awards because of her selfless devotion. Because she exuded Christ as she ministered to those in need. Even she had doubts.
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We all have doubts. \u00a0We all wonder if what we\u2019re doing really matters. \u00a0If the small acts of love that you do are noticed. I know I do. \u00a0But I also know they are. I know that it is absolutely worth it to find out what Jesus would do, then follow His example. \u00a0I know because I\u2019ve been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. I\u2019ve tried life thinking like Beth, that never ends well. But when I try it, thinking like Jesus, when I follow the example He set, it always ends good. \u00a0Might be hard going through it, but once He brings me to the other side of it, I\u2019m always grateful.
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Not only do we need to do what Jesus did so we can think like Him, we also need Him to help us do it. Typically, once I know what I need\/have to do, I pray for the strength and energy to do it. It is hard to love someone you don\u2019t like or are mad at. It\u2019s hard to forgive people who have hurt you, or pray for them. It\u2019s hard to trust God when you are overwhelmed with life, good or bad. It\u2019s all hard, but it\u2019s what Jesus would do, it\u2019s what we\u2019re to do. We can only do it together. Can\u2019t do it without Jesus. The good news is, we don\u2019t have too!
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\u201cAdopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus.\u201d Philippians 2:5 CSB Wow. \u00a0Same attitude as Christ? \u00a0I\u2019ve got a long way to go. \u00a0Gratefully, I\u2019m not where I used to be, but I also have a long way to go. \u00a0We all do, because we\u2019re not Jesus, nor will we ever be Him. But… Continue reading THINK LIKE JESUS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}