Tame Your Thoughts by Max Lucado
Week 11: Chapter 10 — Think and Act Like Jesus
Read Chapter 10 of Tame Your Thoughts. Key Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:16; Colossians 3:1-2.
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The goal of taming our thoughts is not merely a calmer life — it is a Christlike mind. This final chapter casts the vision for what renewed thinking actually produces: a person who sees the world, others, and themselves through the eyes of Jesus.
Discussion Questions
9 questions1.First Corinthians 2:16 makes the stunning claim that believers "have the mind of Christ." Does this feel true to your experience? What does it mean to *have* something you don't always feel or act like you have?
2.Colossians 3:1-2 instructs us to "set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Lucado likely grounds this not as an escapist call to ignore real life, but as an invitation to see everything through an eternal frame. How does an eternal perspective change how you think about your most pressing current problem?
3.What does it actually look like to think like Jesus? Lucado likely points to Jesus's patterns of thought — his trust in the Father, his focus on others, his refusal to be controlled by fear or opinion. Which of Jesus's mental habits do you most want to develop?
a.Think of a specific person or situation you find difficult. How would Jesus think about them or it?
b.What would need to change in your own thinking to get there?