Demo Day - Embracing Change in Your Life
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Best part of a new project - demo day
Bible calls this sanctification - to set apart, make holy - consecrate (with force to make sacred)
Tear up the carpeting
- NO going back!
- You see all the EXTRA work that you didn’t know you had before…
- It’s Worth it!
I want to be a better man, a better husband, a better dad, a better employer/ee, a better friend, a better…
Biblical principles of change…
- Romans 12 - God is in the business of change - don’t conform to the old patterns, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
- Ephesians 4 - put off the old self, put on the new self…
- Colossians 3 - put to death what is earthly - put on as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive…And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
- God is prepared for us to move in a new direction - Deuteronomy 17 - the laws concerning Israel’s kings - they didn’t even have a king…
- God’s principles are timeless - He doesn’t change - the real change we need in our lives is the constant transformation of our old selves into the image of Jesus…
5 Things to Help You Change
- Read more - you become a more reflective person, less thrown about why the winds and wilds of the day…
- Deepen solid relationships with people who challenge you to be better…
- Honest assessment of your situation, life, attitude, circumstances - the carpeting is old, it needs to be torn up and tossed out…
- Don’t be afraid to ask for help - Biblical counseling, mature Christian friend, God’s Word as a light unto your feet and a lamp unto your path…
- It’s Worth it - it will cost you, but it’s worth it…
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Huge thank you to Jared Wood for allowing T4M to use his music in our intro and outro selections.
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