Showing posts with label transformation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transformation. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

People Who We Never Imagine Could Change Are Capable of Changing


There are people that folks look at and say, “No way.  There’s no way that person could ever change.  There’s no way that person could ever start living in a spiritually and emotionally healthy way.  There’s no way that person could ever come to Christ.  There’s no way that person could ever come to salvation.  It’s just not possible.”

But according to the Bible, those are the very people that Jesus looks at and says, “I’ve come to seek and save you.”

Friday, September 7, 2012

The Bible and Transformation


The Bible isn’t supposed to be a book that we study only to gain historical information or learn ideas about God.  The Bible is God’s word that has been given to move, guide and affect us.  The point of studying God’s word isn’t just to increase our knowledge it is also to transform our lives.  As we come into contact with God’s word, the Holy Spirit uses it to make us more like Christ.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Transformed By An Encounter With Jesus


In the Bible there is an assumption that if a person has a real encounter with Jesus, that person does not stay the same.  The person is transformed.  In fact, this transformation is considered to be part of the essence of Christianity.  “…What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.” Galatians 6:15.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Podcast for 1-3-11

Need a few laughs?  Need some inspiration?  Check out the podcast.  Dan and Vic talk about car horns and God's work in us.  ...It will make sense if you listen!

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A Radical Transformation


Speaking of what happens in the lives of true followers of Christ, the Bible uses language like “transformation” and becoming “a new creation” and “new life in Christ”. In a fundamental way, Christianity is not about sprucing us up a bit, it is about Jesus coming into our lives and, through the Holy Spirit, radically transforming us from the inside out.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

God Wants Our Transformation

Sometimes, what we want is not the same as what God wants for us.  That idea is expressed well in this quote:  “God’s purposes are not the same as ours.  We want him to indulge us; he wants to transform us.” Henry & Richard Blackaby