5 Steps to Total Transformation

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5 Steps to Total Transformation

[NIV] 2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, who with unveiled

faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being

transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory,

which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit”

   It was Paul who wrote about these 5 steps. If there was ever anyone in the New Testament, about being transformed it was he!

Firstly :~ Believers must have an encounter with “unveiled faces”, in other words the many masks we wear in a normal day, here are some examples …

• Morning Family organiser mask ..

• The Public transport mask ..

• The Work mask ..

• The Shopping mask ..

• The Home-evening mask ..

… Surprising how many we wear in a normal day. Now finally all of these pretence & self-righteousness have all be stripped away. We can see ourselves clearly and know who and what we truly were a sinner in need of a Saviour; a weakling in need of strength; a fool in need of some badly needed wisdom.

Secondly :~ You ”contemplate the Lords glory” Just think for just a moment the Son of God, wanted to save you from all that’s in the World. W O W just simply W O W. So now like Moses you too are transformed by pressing into the effervescent glory of God. Once you grasp His true majesty and the infinite wonder of his love, you’re over whelmed in His presence.

Thirdly :~ We should always have in consideration is that … “All this come from the Lord” .. Something else to always have in consideration is that ..”we can’t do anything in our own strength’ ..You see ..

• no matter how hard you try,

• How disciplined you might be

• Even keeping all the rules

• No matter how religious you think you are

… You will still remain a sinner. If God can’t change you, then you don’t want; be bothered as it means leaving your whole life behind. How much do you want it, is what it boils down too.

Fourthly:~ Please keep in the for front of you mind during being Transformed from your old life. Best said in 2 Corinthians3:18 “being transformed into His image” .. Now lets finish this verse .. “ with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord” .. Our transformation is a turning point away from our old ways to a better way of life which brings with it joy like unknown; with peace; Health; best of all a closer with God.

Finally:~ After giving your heart and life over to god, to having a Baptism, to reading your bible daily. As Corinthians 3:18 [*AMPC] says .. “are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendour and from one degree of glory to another” Transformation is a process NOT an, one time event, we never stop. You keep changing and will never experience all the glory, He alone can give you .. “[for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit”

*AMPC: Amplified Bible ~ Classic Edition

Gods Will... [Do you know it?]

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Gods Will [Do you know it?]

Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, 

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 

that you may prove what is that good and 

acceptable and perfect will of God”

   Here are some secular words that are being rammed down our throats by the World and they are . . Confirmatory & [possibly the worst in my book] is Tolerance . . Well, um sorry [not sorry] but NO WAY on Gods green Earth! These words are biblical, so I do not accept them. If God never said it [that is, in His Bible] then it was not said by God or Jesus, I don’t see it being Gods will.

End of discussion, Mic drop moment.

   God never said we should bend over backwards to accommodate and water down our religion, from those who want nothing to do with God. We are to be ‘transformed’, in other words we think of righteous acts doing Gods will. It is asked what is the will of God? Well simple it’s his living Word, and we have it in our hands daily. “transformed by the renewing of your mind”, this leads us to a new way of thinking, a Better ~ Healthier ~ Mentally. The Bible will not tell you who to date, just equally yoked, but like myself who wrote down everything I wanted in a wife, and within 8 mths God brought us together and were married. I went from trying to do it in the natural to the supernatural because I was moving in Gods will.

   This is working under and in Gods will. “that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” By handing over to god my problem it meant I stopped trying in my strength and surrendering fully to God. My prayer to Him went a little like this … “Not by strength buy by yours O Lord. I the past I have chosen the wrong lady or messed it some way. So I leave my need & want at your feet Lord, I’ll go to the places where other single Christians will meet”. I placed the description of whom I was looking for, into 1 Corinthians 13. Closed my Bible and said, OK God it’s over to you, as I know you’ll have someone in mind.

   Needless to say within 6mths, I met my ideal woman; proposed to her; she moved 535 miles, we got married. And we are still very happy, and am strong in the faith as we were 27yrs ago.

   So to closing let me remind you of what Romans 12:2 said, “not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” .. or else we will not be Christians, and God can’t fully bless or help us in our time of need. Let me leave with this .. Revelation 2:19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience, and your works the last the more than the first”

When fully committed to full faith in God and the

unseen anything is possible.

 

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Do You Stay, or

Do You Go?

[NIV] Numbers 13:31 “We can’t attack those people, they are stronger that we are”

   Moses sent 12 spies into Canaan, in preparation for their up & coming invasion. But on threshold of their greatest exploits, ten spies took a long hard look at the challenges and decided they weren’t worth it. They preferred their nomadic life to the battles before them. Only 2 spies made it into the promised land.

We all face moments when the likelihood of success seems so small ..

• The Obstacles seem insurmountable ..

• The costs seem immeasurable ..

• Those who turn back never fulfil their dreams

• Those who press on may fail, but at least they fail daring greatly!

   Now with God, we’re on the threshold of a greater accomplishment, of leaving behind the desert of this World and pursuing a glorious life in God, some are always going to turn back, and refusing to grasp the new and glorious life. Simply it scare them; it looks to cost too much; victory seems beyond impossible.

   Ah, but those who refuse to retreat and instead press-on live a full and advantaged life of Faith, and follow God into the promised land full of milk and honey.

“Will You Live by Fear or Faith?”