Love God with ALL your Mind and Strength
February 2, 2025 / Cornerstone Global Methodist Church
Scout Oath: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, awake, and morally straight.
Scout Law: The last part of the law says that a Scout is…..
The Battlefields of our Mind include battles against:
- Our sinful
- Sinful
- Satan
- Demons
SO — it’s imperative we love God with all our MIND and STRENGTH to be strong for the battles!
Greek MIND = = Intelligence + reasoning
Greek STRENGTH = = bodily strength
2 Peter 1:5
“…make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge…”

Romans 8:5-6 “Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.”
So it’s up to YOU to manage, with the leadership and help of God’s Holy Spirit, your:
MIND
MIND
BODILY
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What do I look at a lot, in terms of images, writing, videos, etc.?
- What messages do these things give my brain?
- What do the creators of those things want my bodily responses to be? What do THEY want ME to DO?
READ: Romans 8:5-6; Matthew 22:34-40
A. What would you like to be putting into your mind?
B. What would you like to be doing with your strength, effort, body?
C. What’s one change you’ll make today and this week that will help you love God more with your mind and will help you to therefore honor God more with your bodily responses?
PRAYER: “Jesus, save me from my sin, deliver me from the sinful temptations from the people around me and from the attacks of Satan and Demons, and help me to stay true to what you want me to do with this change in how I take things into my mind. Help me to love you with all my mind and strength by the power of YOUR HOLY SPIRIT! Amen!”