Posts Tagged ‘ Transform ’
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
Psalm 119:11, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, working through His inspired Word to transform our minds and hearts to be more like Christ.
I preached again!
Last week, Pastor Paul powerfully preached on Colossians 1:9 and the importance of prayer. This week, I looked at the next three verses, Paul’s prayer for the Colossians and what prayer is really for. (Hint: To focus on and be conformed to Christ!)
May you be blessed by this message. As usual, my PowerPoint is provided below the video.
Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
John 15:2, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to give eternal life, for He also both shapes and prunes us while also working through us to shape others to be more like Christ.
And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.
Romans 5:3-4, HCSB
God’s Word changes our hearts, minds, and spirits, and it helps us to face all this life throws at us, knowing we are being transformed into the likeness of Christ.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2, HCSB
God created everything for us and to be with us, yet we often want this world more than Him. Let us be changed by the Holy Spirit to want Him and all that is good, to know good from evil and know Him more.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17, CSB
We confess Christ is Lord, believing He was raised from the dead, and we are made new, beginning the process of becoming Christ-like having been adopted into God’s family by faith in His blood.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2, CSB
God has told us what is good, and by adopting us through the blood of Christ and renewing our minds by the power of the Holy Spirit, He helps us live in loving obedience.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2, CSB
We are called to be priests under our High Priest, and by the power of the Holy Spirit He transforms our thinking and actions to be more like Christ.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:4-5, ESV
We are all called to priests under our High Priest, and we do this by living in, by, and through the indwelling Word. Know the Scriptures to know Jesus better, and allow the Holy Spirit to transform you ever more into His likeness.
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6, ESV
God has said He will be with us, which He does by the Holy Spirit, who points us to Christ and makes us more like Him every day.