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Thankful

The seat is not my seat of salvation

Ephesians 2:5–6 ESV

even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

I’m Spiritually alive

I’m saved by grace

I’m a new creature

I’m seated with Christ

I’m in Christ

I am the Image of Christ

My identity is Christ

I should have the mind of Christ!

Philippians 2:5 ESV

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

This seat is spiritual

It’s by Faith

It’s my mind-set

It’s Rest

Rest: — a change of state from activity or work to a cessation from work that results in a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; especially that God provides.

But we can enter into rest or unrest

Romans 8:6 ESV

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

One way is to live it according to the desires and directives of the flesh, a way that produces hostility toward God and ultimately death.

James 1:13 ESV

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

James 1:14 ESV

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

The other way is to live life according to the desires of God as revealed and empowered by his Holy Spirit, a way that leads to life and peace...

When my my is set on the Spirit…

When it seeks first.....

It produces life and peace…

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 34:1 ESV

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.