![]() That's why it is often difficult to tell Christians apart from those of the world.Īs Christians, we're not called to fit in with the world! One of the main reasons people don’t want to serve God is because it transforms, it changes you and if it hasn’t changed you than you're probably not living for God.Ī lot of people go through the motions of Christianity but they never change their lives nor their life style. That is, overthrow the oppressing Roman rule.Īs a result they rejected Christ, the Messiah, and clung to their irrelevant religious traditions and missed out on the opportunity to change. It happens with individuals, marriages, businesses, organizations, and unfortunately with some churches.Įven the people of Christ's day, who were looking for and expecting the promised Messiah, didn't accept him when he came because he didn't come the way they expected him to come, nor did he do what they wanted him to do! Or spirit of fear, people sometimes unconsciously and sometimesĬonsciously become ineffective and irrelevant and ultimately often die, all “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind”. Level of uncertainty and because of that uncertainty people develop an “If you want to make enemies try to change something.” Woodrow Wilson’s gave a very wise warning: Is that I am comfortable or I can control what I am doing and they are People refuse to change because their mindset Thing over and over again, only going deeper and deeper into the rut they People are stuck in a rut in their lives, they continually do the same Unless there is a change, we will be stuck in the same rut just spinning our wheels and going nowhere. Of the definitions of rut is “A fixed, usually boring routine” If youĬontinue to do the same thing in that rut, you will stay in that rut. "Nothing changes if nothing changes, and if I keep doing what I'veĪlways done, I'll keep getting what I've always got, and will keepĪlthough this is a true statement it is just another way of saying that you are stuck in a rut. Something change and you keep looking for a different outcome toĪlbert Einstein said- “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result" Statement because to do the same thing over and over without ever having KEEP DOING WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE, I'LL KEEP GETTING WHAT I'VE ALWAYS GOTĪND WILL KEEP FEELING WHAT I ALWAYS FELT." “NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES AND IF I We have a choice to make, we can try to resist change and try to stay the way we are or release our resistance to change.īut the Bible says in Hebrews 12:1 “lay aside every weight”, in other words there is some stuff that has to change! Women have rights because something had changed. Therefore, to live is to change, and any thought that we can avoid change in life is pure illusion. No more live and not have change than we can jump without feeling the We imagine that it is possible to live without change. The statement “Change is inevitable misery is optional” is probably more true than many of us care to admit. Today, we are using this scripture and we are going to be dealing with This is probably one of, if not, the most quoted scripture when it comes to dealing with change. ![]() Direct us, in clarity, during this time of worship, guide us to the magnifying and exalting of Your name, and to the e nduring good of us Your children and servants, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Grant us wisdom and discernment, that we may better know Your Word and understand. Let's give a shout of praise to the Lord!Īs we gather here today, enlighten our understanding, purify our hearts every desire, quicken our wills, and strengthen every right purpose. Good Morning beloved family, I'm so glad to have all of you joining us today!
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