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Confronting Failure

Change, Conformed, Confrontation, Failure

The Holy Spirit guides us and changes us. But we must be willing to be conformed to the image of Christ. Sometimes the Holy…

Radical Change

Change, Character, Loving Others, Path of Life, Sanctification

The best stories have a character arc, in which a character changes throughout the events of the story. The movie Iron Man (directed by…

High-Frequency Hearing

Authenticity, Change, Growth, Learning, Transformation

Authentic believers intently observe God’s Word, move to learn the most they can from it, and are changed. This part of living the life…

Forgotten Reflection

Change, God's Law, Self-Evaluation, Self-Examination, Transformation

James compares the hearer of the Word to someone who looks into a mirror, and when he walks away he forgets his reflection. He…

Visible Changes

Change, Christian Life, Faith, Life, Spiritual Life

When believers commit to being real about their faith, visible changes eventually happen. Their behaviors change, their vocabulary changes, their goals and dreams change,…

Changing Landscapes

Change, Christian Life, Faith, Growth, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

A stream or river visibly changes the land around it over the course of time. Just as our faith in Jesus requires us to…

Transformed By Love

Change, God's Love, Love, Loving Others, Transformation

A good modern example of a character transformed by love is Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When we first meet Tony in Iron…

Celebrating Change

Celebration, Change, Scrooge, Transformation

We have short memories of poor, wretched Ebenezer Scrooge. Here was a fallen man in desperate need of redemption, with absolutely no desire to…

Empowered

Change, Empowered, habits, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit, Transformation

The Spirit strengthens us and enables our actions. Without him, we cannot do anything good. Think of a blender that needs to be plugged…

A New Name

Adoption, Change, Family, Love, Names

Kurt Strassner states,“A new name is almost always the symbol of a new beginning” (Kurt Strassner, Opening up Genesis, Opening up the Bible [Leominster:…

Inside Out

Change, Fruit, Sanctification, The Heart, Transformation

Everyone knows that you don’t eat bananas until they turn yellow. The internal transformation of the fruit inside the peel is what causes the…

Denial

Change, Denial, Truth

Learning the truth can often be a hard pill to swallow, to the point that many of us will do anything we can to…

Our Constant

Attributes of God, Change, God's Immutability, Trusting God

Could you imagine being lost at sea? The waves toss your boat back and forth, and as you try to grasp where you are, you…

Empowered Transformation

Change, Power, Regeneration, Strength, The Holy Spirit, Transformation

If you’ve ever watched a makeover show on a morning talk show, or even something like The Biggest Loser, you know that people always…

Up or Down

Change, Constancy, Culture, God's Sovereignty, God's Word, Perspective, Reference

“Without some objective reference point we have no way of really saying if something is up or down.” On earth, the ground is always…

Wherever You Go

Change, God's Purpose, Interruptions, Kindness, Love, Ministry, Purpose, Thomas a Kempis, Wherever You Go

You don’t need to make a huge move or change in order to begin living in the purpose that God has for you right…

Dangerous Facades

Change, Fake, Forgiveness, genuine, Inner Life, Repentance, The Heart, Transformation, True Repentance

Imagine being walked into an exam room at your doctor’s office by someone wearing scrubs, carrying a clipboard, and using the correct rhetoric as…

Character Development

1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Peter 3:18, Change, Character, Development, Ephesians 4:22-24, Galatians 2:20, Growth, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation

The best stories have character development. This is where a character changes throughout the events of the story. For example, the 2008 blockbuster movie Iron…

What If?

Change, Decisions, Ephesians 1:11, God's Plan, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Jeremiah 29:11, Life, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Romans 11:35-36, Romans 8:28, Timing

In this clip from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (https://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/one-thing), Benjamin recounts a series of events that could have changed with just one decision. The scenario…