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-Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,1 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,2 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,3 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
+Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,1 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,3 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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+Humans want to be acknowledged, loved, valued and they are looking for ressources
+and potential. Jesus, as the son of God, had all this. He was in a community with his
+father and the holy spirit, within the trinity. In this trinity, full acknowledgement
+is there, love beyond measure, value and power. He was God, the word of God, with God,
+God himself, part of creation, creating power himself. The situation is described
+at the beginning of the Gospel of John: At the beginning there was the Word ...
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+We need Jesus in our life. We need him, to shape all we are, day by day. Jesus became human,
+he lived among us. This is the center of the Christian message. He gave up his godly powers,
+to be a human like you are one, like I am one. He lived in faith, trusting his heavenly
+father. He lived innocent, which does not mean that he lived without conflicts.
+When we want to make progress in our life, it is necessary to look into the life of Jesus.
+It is necessary to see and understand how he lived, what he did, how he talked and acted.
+We need to be inspired by him, inspired in a literal sense. His spirit needs to come
+into our mind, our heart, our life!
+Let us come back to shaping our decisions. Learning from Jesus is a process. It starts
+with simple steps. It consists of individual little decisions. It consists of thoughts,
+when I make decisions what should fill my mind right now. It consists of prayers, day by
+day I can make decisions for whom to pray, and how to spend the next 10 minutes of my
+life with the Lord. It consists of words, the word I say to someone, the words I do not
+say knowing they are not adequate or good for this particular moment. There is so much
+to gain and discover when I lead a life full of faith, following Jesus by many little
+individual steps!
 (Roland Potthast)
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