David Hepburn is a retired minister-of-music, choir director, band director, missionary, teacher, and school president, and a fine tenor and trumpeter. His many compositions are a testament to the works of Jesus he has seen in the lives of others and in his own life.

David wrote this song for his musical Philippians - A Love Letter, basing it on Phiippians 2:5.

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Let your life be outgoing with concern that is growing
Every day for your brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Let your heart be tender and willing to render
Acts of love to your brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Let the mind of Christ be in you, brother.
He did not demand or cling to His rights as God and King,
But died that we might have the very life He came to bring,
Life lived in power, life in abundance, life everlasting.

Do not seek to make impression, do not count your posessions,
Rather share with your brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Be a person who cares about the affairs
Of the family of brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Let the mind of Christ be in you, brother.
He did not demand or cling to His rights as God and King,
But died that we might have the very life He came to bring,
Life lived in power, life in abundance, life everlasting,
Life in Christ.

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MP3 sound sample: New Song Singers, 1976.



THE MIND OF CHRIST by David Hepburn for SATB choir with piano comes in a pdf file of 217K, six pages of music and a license page, seven pages in all. Performance time should be approximately three minutes.