Showing posts with label Transformation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transformation. Show all posts
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Friday, December 23, 2011
When Will Power Defeat Our Habits?
"I just can't do it captain...I don't have the power," stated Scotty from Star Trek. Scotty was right, we don't have the power. If I can't, we know He can. If we can't defeat our habits with our power, I believe the Spirit's power can help us create new habits. If the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self discipline, I believe He can help us make new habits (2 Tim 1:7). If it's not by might nor by power, but by your spirit, I believe the Spirit can help us create new habits (Zech 4:6). If we are not to conform any longer to the patterns of this world, which are the habits that we all get into, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds, I believe God's spirit can help us make new habits (Rom 12:2).
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"Life is a journey that is not about
a destination, but a transformation." (Character in the movie To Save a Life) I love this quote. One of my favorite scriptures is, "Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- His good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2) I have also heard John Maxwell comment about the process being more important than the event.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Putting the fun back into dysfunctional
Dysfunction is real. Most of us experience dysfunction in our lives in one way or another. Sometimes we are the cause of dysfunction. Sometimes we are born into dysfunction. Sometimes our circumstances put us in the middle of dysfunction and sometimes dysfunction may seem to follow us around wherever we go.
I am currently reading the Message translation of Genesis 1-42 and can't believe all the crazy, whacked out dysfunction that goes on. The Message translation puts the stories into modern day terminology and helps me more easily relate to the stories being told. The assuring and beautiful part of it all is that God hangs in there and pursues his people in spite of their dysfunction. The assuring part about reading through Genesis 1-42 is seeing how God worked through all of the "craziness" and continued to work toward reconciliation with His people.
It helps me to remember God understands dysfunction. He loves us anyway and wants to help us "be transformed" (Romans 12) as we work through the dysfunction within and around us. Someone once said, "God loves us the way we are, but he loves us too much to leave us that way." He is still working on me. He is still working on you. Stay joyful. Trust God. Lets put the "fun" back into dysfunctional and kick dysfunction's rear end!
Disclaimer: I read "Let's put the fun back into dysfunctional" on a magnet stuck to a refrigerator one day. I do not know who first thought of that phrase and published it.
I am currently reading the Message translation of Genesis 1-42 and can't believe all the crazy, whacked out dysfunction that goes on. The Message translation puts the stories into modern day terminology and helps me more easily relate to the stories being told. The assuring and beautiful part of it all is that God hangs in there and pursues his people in spite of their dysfunction. The assuring part about reading through Genesis 1-42 is seeing how God worked through all of the "craziness" and continued to work toward reconciliation with His people.
It helps me to remember God understands dysfunction. He loves us anyway and wants to help us "be transformed" (Romans 12) as we work through the dysfunction within and around us. Someone once said, "God loves us the way we are, but he loves us too much to leave us that way." He is still working on me. He is still working on you. Stay joyful. Trust God. Lets put the "fun" back into dysfunctional and kick dysfunction's rear end!
Disclaimer: I read "Let's put the fun back into dysfunctional" on a magnet stuck to a refrigerator one day. I do not know who first thought of that phrase and published it.
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