2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
Ephesians 4:21b-24 ESV
Romans 12-2 ESV
From the Beginning
When I prayed about writing the series, From the Beginning, I thought it would be a fairly short series. I made a list of things that God IS.
As I studied scripture and dug into the text, I discovered that at almost every turn scripture described WHO God IS and how we relate to that.
As a result, the list grew…
Now, I feel like this series just scratched the surface when we think about who God is to us and how God changes us.
Ephesians 4:21b-24 says, “the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
In this series we studied:
God is Beautiful
God Delivers
God is the Word
God is Our Shield
God is Omnipotent
God is Shepherd
God is Omnipresent
God is Holy
God is Wise
God is Sovereign
God is Faithful
God is Unsearchable
God is Just
God is Healer
God is Good
God is Merciful
God is Omniscient
God is Gracious
God is Trustworthy
God is Love
God is Provider
God is Our Righteousness
God is the Vine
God is the Way, the Truth, the Life
God is the Resurrection
God is Light
God is the Bread of Life
God is the Door
God is Alpha and Omega
God is Enduring
God is our Refuge
I loved studying about who God is based on scripture, but even more I found that as I connected to the text, I grew. Thinking about who God IS to me, changed me.
2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Once I realized how much it changed me, I started praying that God would change me. I prayed that same prayer for you.
The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
As we consider how God changes us, I pray that you will continue to let God change you in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
Today’s Spiritual Practice is: Consider HOW God changes you.
Contemplate how reading scripture, praying, and trusting God changes you.
In God, Deborah
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