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Change. What a small word for full blown life impact! Our Heavenly Father is ever changing, ever creating and yet there are things about Him that never change at all. The fact is, that everything He creates has change built in. We are prewired to be something new, something different. Every contact we make with Him changes something about us. The bible tells us that we move along with every encounter toward a destination that we can only partially see. 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord. We are most like Him when we remove the static boundaries and explore ourselves within the depths of His Spirit living in us. What can we hold on to that compares with what He has to give us? When we release people, places, things...He refills the empty spaces with new life. Vibrancy and color take shape. Imagination and hope jump to purpose. Suddenly, we have purpose. Change is doing her best work!
2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Change creates room for the newness of life in His Spirit. If you are in the midst of upheaval and change, you're blessed! God is creating something new in you. There isn't room for the past any more. It can't fence you in or hold you down. It has to go!
5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Take a new look at yourself today! You are not who you were yesterday, and you're not who you will be tomorrow. The ever-changing, never changing God has a perfect plan for you. Change! Let God have His way. Give Him license to create, to perfect, to clean out, remove, restore, refill, replenish. Move in closer to the stream of His Glory that will not leave you the same. What do you have to lose except something old and dusty? |
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| June 29, 2009 |
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Oh, how very true this is! Awesome post. Praise be to the Lord. God bless you this day & every day.
For some reason, I can not leave a graphic comment on your home page. Do you know why? |
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| June 29, 2009 |
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SpiritualGraphics.com
I will just leave it here. Don't really know why, but on your page I can't
click on anything. |
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| June 29, 2009 |
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It is amazing how the God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, creates things with such capacity to change. This seems to go against his character, if you think about it. Sort of off the topic...2 Cor 3:18 doesn't make much sense to me in the KJV. But in the NIV.... "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." |
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| June 29, 2009 |
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| June 30, 2009 |
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PandaBear I had my page set to approve comments before posting, so maybe that was the problem. I changed it. Thank you for the loving hugs!!! Always thankful for your star Joyful Servant. Mike, I like that version better--much better. I wonder why NIV isn't an option on the bible verse app? I like to use the app because it pulls to the explore page--but I don't really like the version options. Back on Topic: lol! It is amazing, when you think about it! |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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I love what He's doing, Birdie. I'm certainly not the same person I was yesterday, or last night. Even this morning.
I look forward to the rest of my life, don't you? |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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| I truly do Joey! Life is a gift and we get to unwrap something new every morning! |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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Amen Birdie...I am not who I once was. Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you (me) will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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| Preach it Brother Todd! I love that! What a promise we have in those words. |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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| I love those words, PREACH IT !! |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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I'm Thanking God that even though I go through changes, when I come out He's still there, Loving me Unconditionally. Amen
5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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| Amen Sister Terry! There have been a few very painful times in my my life that I can remember vividly...moving away from people I loved, letting go of my parents as they moved to California, changing careers...tough life decisions. But if I anchor myself to His Word, and not the changeable nature of life...I can embrace it all with peace and joy. |
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| July 04, 2009 |
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| July 05, 2009 |
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| Todd has half the bible memorized! |
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| July 05, 2009 |
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| I know...I want to be like him when I grow up. Guess I better get to studying. :) |
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| July 05, 2009 |
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We all want to be more like Todd. :) (well, when he's acting like Jesus!) |
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| July 05, 2009 |
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| July 05, 2009 |
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Mike: I took your suggestion and changed the scripture to NIV on my facebook version. :) I like it much better! |
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| July 06, 2009 |
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| Birdie, I am just not able to click on anything on your page. |
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| July 06, 2009 |
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| Not blog, leave message or comments. |
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| July 06, 2009 |
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Praise the Lord that we are all works in progress
being changed and renewed daily by the Master Craftsman |
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| July 06, 2009 |
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Amen, Liz Bell! It is exciting to be changed from Glory to Glory...to be conformed to His likeness.
That's really odd pandabear. I have recieved some messages in the last few days, and a comment too. I'll check it out, see if the settings are wacky. |
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