Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV). It’s January at your gym. There are lots of people there — many of them new. After eating too much turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and drinking eggnog with a side of gingerbread […]
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Let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him (Romans 12:2, CEV). Doing and thinking the same yields the same results. The Panama Canal, considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, illustrates failure from doing the same,
During a one-to-one discipling session recently, we were talking about change in our lives. The man I was discipling said… I used to be a basketball coach, and I always told my team that our victory was in the transition between defense to offense or offense to defense. HHHHMMMHHM—a perfect example of a disciple teaching
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[Note: Like waiting for Christmas morning as a child is like waiting for the upcoming 1000th Interruption!] Do we need to change something in our life? Do we desire to add a needed discipline? Try a 90-day challenge. Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has
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We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18, ESV). Benjamin Franklin said, “When you are finished changing, you are finished.” The concept of change is nothing new if
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But don’t begin until you count the cost (Luke 14:28, NLT). Now is a good time to change. We all have something in our lives … actions or attitudes … that need improving. No better time than now to begin. But why is changing our lives so difficult? I know a college professor who did
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For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God (Romans 8:14, NIV). A privilege of being a child of God is being led by God. Being led by God will mean change – sometimes small but at other times big. Being led by God means accepting and growing through change.
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Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship (Romans 12:1 TPT). A living sacrifice. That means lots of change. Change works best
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With each confession, grace for change increases. Sin does not diminish God’s bank account of grace for you. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NASB95 When unhappy or miserable, culture teaches us to party, get drunk, or
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Everything comes to an end. All things change. I have been the Senior Pastor at Fellowship (my church) for 48 years. My ministry began with 50 long-haired hippies that had accepted Jesus. I had been a Christian three weeks! Not a typical way to begin a church. I’ve attached a photo, age 19, when Fellowship