The Christ Confidant Mindset

Anthony Benjamin Cosenza Ph.D.

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A powerful spiritual perspective on manifesting the mind of Christ and being the Christ confidant God created us to be.”
Dr. Cosenza’s sixth book, The Christ CONFIDANT MINDSET: Spiritual Consciousness of True Worship, True Word, True Worth, offers a unique pespective on how to be a loving and compassionate confidant with the spiritual mind of Christ. After years of working with individuals and families across spiritual beliefs, levels and religions, Dr. Cosenza has discovered the significance of “mindset” in upholding true and proven values and principles for success in work and love. By exploring three subsets of the Christ Coinfidant Mindset, Dr. Cosenza encourages and enlarges our awareness of what and how we worship in truth. The characteristics and role of the Christ Confidant are provided that inspire compassion and kindness toward others in need. He unfolds poignant principles from the Bible that highlight the importance of God’s Word in bringing the wisdom and consciousness of God’s presence into every situation of need. Spiritual realities concerning worth and value unfold confidence of thought and a precision of action in helping, counseling and loving oneself and others.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion
• Mindset

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 18 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• EAN13: 9781663242686
• Langue: English

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THE CHRIST CONFIDANT MINDSET

SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF
TRUE WORSHIP
TRUE WORD
TRUE WORTH



Anthony Benjamin Cosenza, Ph.D.








THE CHRISTCONFIDANTMINDSET
SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF TRUE WORSHIP, TRUE WORD, TRUE WORTH

Copyright © 2022 Anthony Benjamin Cosenza, Ph.D.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

All scriptures used, unless otherwise indicated, are taken and adapted from the King James Version of The Bible. Explanatory insertions of scripture verses by the author are enclosed in brackets [].





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Black and white photograph, owned by the author, was taken at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York in 1949.

ISBN: 978-1-6632-4267-9 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-4268-6 (e)





iUniverse rev. date: 08/11/2022






My Loving Christ-minded Confidants
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
(Phil. 2:5)

(Personal photograph of the author’s family taken at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 1949)



Contents
Preface
SECTION I: OUR LORD, OUR CONFIDANT
Part I A Loving Confidant
1. Love Awakens Spiritual Consciousness
2. God’s Plan To Love and Be Loved
3. God’s Workmanship
SECTION II: THE CHRIST CONFIDANT MINDSET
Part II Subset #1: Worship-Minded: Spiritual Consciousness Of True Worship
4. Biblical Values in Worship
5. Deceptions of Worship
6. Cry of Worship
7. Cries to the Lord
8. Abba, Father
9. Comfort of Christ
10. Nine Manifestations of the Holy Spirit
Part III Subset #2: Word-Minded: Seeking True Spiritual “Word-Ship”
11. Integrity of the Scriptures
12. True Conversations
13. “Cross-confidant”
14. The Christ: A Case History
15. Forgiven in Christ
16. Healed in Christ
17. Word-Based Interpersonal Truth
Part IV Subset #3: Worth-Minded: Searching For True Spiritual “Worth-Ship”
18. Errors of Worth-ship
19. Spiritual Authority
20. Power in The Christ
21. The Name of Christ
22. Biblical Truths Concerning Worthiness
23. Synopsis and Sequence of The Christ Confidant Mindset
SECTION III: QUALITIES OF THE CHRIST CONFIDANT
Part V Profile Of The Christ Confidant
24. Built-in Spiritual Confidant
25. Virtues of the Christ Confidant (CC)
26. Christ-Confidant Communication of Truth Part I
27. Christ-Confidant Communication of Truth Part II
28. Harmony with the Christ

Epilogue
Appendix A: Christ-Confidant Questionnaire (CCQ)
Appendix B: Christ-Confidant Goals
References



Preface
A c onfidant is one who is to be trusted and in whom we have confidence. He/she is the person who has our back and is honest and non-judgmental. According to Merriam-Webster’s , a mindset is “a mental attitude or inclination; a fixed state of mind.”
The “Christ confidant mindset” is a spiritual consciousness that reflects confidence in God, His Son, the inspired Written and spoken Word, and the working of the Holy Spirit. His/her spiritual ideas focus on worshipping the one true God, understanding the spiritual realities of the Word and accepting that he/she is a spiritual being with an inherent divine nature. He/she reflects the character and mindset of Christ and the qualities of an omnipotent and all loving God.
The Christ confidant does not put his trust or confidence in others, himself or even a familiar friend. God is the only one he trusts permanently and unconditionally.
Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path.
Proverbs 118:8: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalm 37:3: Trust in the LORD and do good;
II Cor.1:9: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”
Psalm 41:9-12: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
The essence of the Christ Confidant Mindset is encapsulated in the following scriptures:
Philippians 2:1-5:
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS:
The Christ confidant has a spiritual perspective that reduces fear by encouraging others to worship God, the true source of love and trust. The confidant does not foster dependence upon oneself or others for the resolution of life’s problems or issues. Consolation in Christ is the comfort, love and mercy shown to the needy by/for God. He explores with others spiritual principles and ideas. The joy of the Christ confidant is to be likeminded concerning a spiritual understanding of the Word, true worship, and our inherent divine nature.
The Christ confidant is not equivalent to a worldly description as a good friend, psychologist, counselor, or family member. As an ambassador for Christ, his ideas reflect the constant spiritual awareness of reconciling others back to the real confidant who is God and His Son.
II Cor. 5: 20: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
As a spiritual guide, the Christ confidant redirects others to a gracious and fearless consciousness of a true understanding of God (true worship), His Word (Word-ship) and a true spiritual understanding of man (worth-ship).
Dr. Cosenza’s sixth book, The Christ Confidant Mindset: Spiritual Consciousness of True Worship, True Word, True Worth , is a culmination of forty years of biblical and psychological research on relationships and the underlying spiritual causes and effects of a loveless life. The author adapts and elaborates upon new ideas from his previous five books concerning spiritual wellness. How do we develop emotional harmony and spiritual consciousness in the midst of present-day flawed mental health systems and philosophies?
The Christ confidant mindset develops and is manifested through three subsets of spiritual consciousness. The author’s extensive work on the role of true worship, the written Word of God, and spiritual worthiness has been integrated with his biblical exploration of the comfort and forgiveness of Christ, his sufferings, and his resurrection victory. The spirit of the Christ continues to inspire men and women to effect healing physical and mental wholeness in themselves and others.
Through the Christ confidant process, the needy heart and the consoler grow in grace as they develop a heightened spiritual consciousness of Christ’s empathy and comfort, and the truth of the Word concerning his crucifixion and resurrection.
Spiritual man’s inherent divine nature is the Spirit of Christ that God created in man and His Christ.
God sent “the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father (Galatians 4:6).” That spirit of the Christ is a spirit of power, love and of a sound mind (II Timothy 1:7). This Christ Spirit takes the place of the absent Jesus (II Corinthians 5: 16). “The Lord is that Spirit. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (II Corinthians 3:17).”
Romans 8:9:
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
I Peter 1:11:
Seeking to know what person or time the spirit of Christ within them was indicating as he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
God is Spirit (John 4:24). The Christ is the image of God [Spirit] (Colossians. 1:15). Every man and woman also has been created in His image (Genesis1: 27). The same spirit, the Christ Spirit, that raised Jesus [The Christ] from the dead, is also in us energizing our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11).
The Christ came to heighten our consciousness of the intimate spiritual relationship between man and God. The Christ Spirit, which is life eternal, has spiritual fruit and manifestations, which were brought to man’s consciousness at Pentecost (Acts 20). At that time, we received into manifestation the Holy Spirit, which is the heightened awareness that we are innate spiritual beings with power and gifts.
Outside of God and His Son, there is no way to experience true and lasting intimacy. The height and depth of spiritual closeness is to know and remain spiritually conscious of G od in Christ in us (Ephes. 1:18-25). This spirit of Christ was created in God’s image and is eternally reflected in all men and women. The depth of our intimacy with God