Posts Tagged ‘ Change ’

VerseD: Mark 9:23

And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”

Mark 9:23, NASB1995‬

Prayer changes us to have more faith in what God can do. May we have the faith and seek more faith to believe God’s promises and power.

VerseD: Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Colossians 3:2, NASB1995‬

Prayer helps us focus our thoughts and will on God and His Kingdom, but it also changes our hearts to seek the lost in this world.

VerseD: Acts 4:12

‭”And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12, ESV‬

We are changed when we are drawn to Christ, and it is in Him alone that we find eternal life and freedom.

VerseD: Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalm 139:23-24, NLT‬

People may know we’re Christians, but they may not understand the difference between repentance and hypocrisy. May we be a people who truly seek God to change us and bring us to repentance.

VerseD: Psalm 119:11

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalm‬ ‭119:11‬, ‭ESV‬

God’s Law is based on His character, who He is. When we truly take in His Word by the power of the Holy Spirit, it will change our character, our inner-selves, to be more like our holy and righteous God.

VerseD: James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James‬ ‭1:17‬, ‭ESV‬

Our God who never changes gifts us with a change in heart and mind to love Him and share His love and joy with others.

VerseD: Romans 10:10

‭For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Romans‬ ‭10:10‬, ‭ESV‬

God changes our sinful hearts to be able to believe and confess that Jesus is God our who died for us and rose again. Find the salvation of Christ and believe it.

VerseD: Mark 8:35

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Mark‬ ‭8:35‬, ‭ESV‬

We start out selfish, but Christ came to die and rise again for our forgiveness that we may join in His sacrifice and love others more than ourselves for His sake.

VerseD: Colossians 1:13-14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:13‭-‬14, ESV

We are born with darkened understanding and must turn to God who can truly enlighten us and change our thinking. This starts by acknowledging our sin against God and receiving Hos forgiveness in Christ.

VerseD: Psalm 113:3

From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!

Psalm 113:3, ESV

If God is truly God, then we must praise Him for Creation and sustaining all things all the time. We must stop thinking strictly of “the natural way of things” and recognize His sovereign Hand in everything.