Tag: Heavenly Minded

1 Timothy 4:8a The victor’s crown of righteousness is now waiting for me. The triumphs of the heavenly minded transform into divine trophies. Troubles, traumas, trials, treachery and tortures on this earth turn into trophies. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, was a Jewish Lutheran Romanian minister who was imprisoned and tortured for more than 14 years by...

Revelation 19:10b “Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”. The heavenly minded understand the essence of “testimonies”. Testimonies are not detailing the record of a miracle that we have experienced or accentuating our perseverant prayers, purity or piety. Testimonies testify the power and potent of Jesus. It does not talk...

Proverbs 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness. The heavenly minded store enduring riches and righteousness in the vault in heaven, not on earth. Money is not evil, only the greed of money is. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). It is...

Romans 12:7-8 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others,...

Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. We think at two levels – we think with our mind and we think with our heart.  Our mind is always busy with cognitive analysis....

Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Our time on earth is insignificant as compared to eternity which is forever and ever and ever. Most people live on earth as if this is their permanent home.  Those who are eternally minded live with the awareness that the time on earth...

Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. To ‘set our minds’ simply means, to reset, rewire and reprogram our thoughts to think straight. A quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. has mislead the world, “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good.” This false claim has swayed...