How
God Changes Us
God loves you just the way you
are. He loves you unconditionally. But he loves you too much to let you stay
that way. So he wants to help you
grow. He wants to help you become more
like his Son.
Elements God Uses To Transform
Us- Ephesians 4:11-32
1.
Transformation Requires New Thinking Ephesians
4:17-19, 23
2.
Transformation Requires Honest Community Ephesians 4:25,
29, 32
3.
Transformation Requires Learning the Truth
John 17:17; Ephesians 4:14-15 ,21
Sanctification means to be made complete; to
mature. It means to be transformed.
Truth is not simply a principle
– it is a person.
Every self-defeating behavior in your
life is based on a lie you are believing.
4.
Transformation Requires Cleaning House Ephesians 4:22
Why Is Getting Rid Of Bad Habits So
Hard?
· Because I’ve had them a long time
When we feel helpless in correcting our wrong we become hopeless about changing our lives.
When we feel helpless in correcting our wrong we become hopeless about changing our lives.
· Because I identify with them
We often confuse our identity with our defects.
We often confuse our identity with our defects.
· Because they have a payoff
Whatever gets rewarded gets repeated.
Whatever gets rewarded gets repeated.
· Because Satan fights it
5. Transformation Requires Faith Ephesians
3:20
Motivation is an emotion and like other emotions it is fed by fear or desire.
Motivation is an emotion and like other emotions it is fed by fear or desire.
SETTING
PERSONAL GOALS BY FAITH
You’re going to go
through life either by design or by default.
Remember, a goal in
your head is a dream for tomorrow.
Why Are Goals Important To Changing My Life?
Why Are Goals Important To Changing My Life?
1. Goals Are Statements of Faith Matthew 9:29
Let the size of your God determine the size of your goal.
Let the size of your God determine the size of your goal.
2. Goals Focus My Energy 1 Corinthians 9:26
You can spend your life, you can waste your life, or you can invest your life.
You can spend your life, you can waste your life, or you can invest your life.
3. Goals Keep Me Going Job 6:11
Long-term goals keep you from being discouraged with short-term setbacks.
Long-term goals keep you from being discouraged with short-term setbacks.
4. Good Goals Will Be Rewarded Proverbs 11:27; 1 Corinthians 9:25-26a
You will probably never become the person God intends you
to be unless you intend to become that person.
