Mind Over Body 2.0
As part of our Lenten series, we will explore the four subtle bodies—mind, body, heart, and Spirit—over the next weeks. This Sunday, Jean-Marie will be talking about the powers of the mind and how they are understood in modern times.
With the power of our minds, we courageously step into our lives in ways that are more aligned with our most cherished desires, whether they may be human or Spirit-based. Regardless of our circumstance, we take charge and bring our very expression of Spirit about.
Experience the Sermon
Sermon Notes
Main Scripture
Acts 3:1–9: Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar
1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. 4 Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Supporting Scripture
John 5:1–15: Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.
Mark 5:35–43: A Girl Restored to Life…
35 While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?” 36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” 37 He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38 When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” 40 And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!” 42 And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. 43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
Denial & Affirmation for the Week
I release the power I give to anything less than pure Abundance, perfect Health & Wholeness, and eternal Peace, and I affirm my Holiness in the perfect Oneness with the very Source of all there is. There is nothing standing in my way right now, to let my Power unfold in the Perfection I already am.
Metaphysical Interpretations
Revealing Word (Charles Fillmore)
Mind – By the term Mind, we mean God—the universal Principle, which includes all principles.
mind – The starting point of every act and thought and feeling; the common meeting ground of God and man. God is mind, and we cannot describe God with human language, so we cannot describe mind. We can only say: I am mind; I know. God is mind; He knows.
mind, affirmative state of – A binding, holding process. If man affirms his unity with the life, substance, and intelligence of God, he lays hold of these spiritual qualities.
mind, carnal – Misuse of mind powers, arising from ignorance of the relationship between God and man.
mind, fixed state of – A combination of thoughts in consciousness that is hard to change; ideas that have crystallized.
mind, mortal – Error consciousness in unregenerate man, or man composed of ungodlike thoughts. It is the opposite of the Christ Mind, which is the perfect Mind of God in man.
mind, three phases of – Conscious mind, subconscious mind, and superconscious mind, called the Lord. The superconscious mind transcends both the conscious and subconscious phases of mind. The harmonious working together of these three seemingly separate minds is necessary to the bringing forth of the latent possibilities of man.