Loving Christ With Your Mind

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to truly love Jesus with all your mind? In this urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef warns against shallow worship and emotional Christianity that lacks lasting commitment. Drawing from Matthew 22, he confronts the empty rituals of both ancient Israel and today’s Church—where lips may praise Christ, yet hearts remain distant. Genuine love for Jesus is not built on fleeting feelings but on a determined, willful decision to put Christ at the center of all things—our time, our money, our priorities. Dr. Youssef reminds us: the mind must be surrendered, renewed, and governed by Scripture. Only then can we love Jesus with undivided devotion and walk in the freedom of His Truth. If today’s teaching stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don’t have to walk through it alone. 🙏 Pastoral Care & Prayer Teams Our trained prayer partners and pastoral care team are available to pray with you and offer Biblical support. https://ltw.org/care 💬 Receive personal answers to your faith questions—anytime, day or night—at: https://myfaithassistant.com If you’ve been blessed by this podcast, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help extend this ministry—so another person can be encouraged, prayed for, and pointed to Christ. ❤️ Support Leading The Way: https://www.ltw.org/donate

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0:00.0	If you leave loving Jesus to your emotions or to your feelings, you're going to be in a whole world of hurt.
0:08.0	Trust me. But for love to be everlasting and everlasting, it has to begin and ends in the mind.
0:16.0	Because emotions, ebb and flow, emotions are mercurial, emotions can go up and down,
0:23.7	and that is why true love can only begin and can only be sustained by the power of commitment.
0:29.4	And commitment takes place in the mind.
0:34.2	Thank you for joining Dr. Michael Yousaf, as he's teaching through his life-changing series,
0:40.7	To know Jesus is to love him, offering practical pathways to experience a deeper, a more meaningful relationship with Jesus.
0:49.9	This is leading the way audio.
0:52.9	Today, what it looks like to love Jesus with your mind.
0:59.1	Leading the way is listener supported.
1:02.0	Learn ways that you can stand with Dr. Youssef in prayer and generosity
1:06.1	when you call 866-6-26-4356 or at l-tw.org.
1:17.1	Right now, though, taking you back a few years, Dr. Michael Yousap.
1:23.0	Back in the 90s, Christians began to wear a bracelet. We're written on it, W.W.J.D.
1:33.7	And it stands for, what would Jesus do? After it became popular among Christians, all of a sudden,
1:41.4	some enterprising marketers turn a well-intentioned concept into a fashion and a big business.
1:50.3	Some celebrities began to wear these bracelets, WWJD.
1:58.7	One of those celebrities, in fact, there are two, three of them together, wearing this
2:02.6	thing and the cameraman just comes in and said, now, what does this mean? What is that thing
2:08.3	you're wearing? Oh, yeah, yeah, W, WD., what does it stand for? They didn't have a clue.
2:14.5	They absolutely have not clue what it means. That is not strange to human nature,
2:20.5	because back in the Old Testament, the same thing was happening. God has pointed out to Israel
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