Continual Transformation

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In our third devotional in this series on transformation, we’re going to take time today to look at what it means to be continually transformed. We serve a God who is always for us, and always with us. In his power and love, he wants to continually mold and shape us into his likeness, that we might enjoy this life for all it can be. May God stir up our hearts to accept change and transformation in him today as we make space right now for him to come and move.

Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:1, and today's worship is Never See The End by Mission House.

Thanks for listening to today’s podcast on continual transformation.

As you go about your day today, look for ways to invite God to continually transform you. While you’re working, allow him to transform your mood or perspective. While with your family, allow him to guide you into a posture of focus and love. While alone, allow him to fill your time with encouragement and peace.

May God move in amazing ways today as you make space for him.

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Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.

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0:00.0	In our third devotional in this series on transformation, we're going to take time today to look at what it means to be continually transformed.
0:13.0	We serve a God who is always for us and always with us. In his power and love, he wants to continually mold and shape us into his likeness, that we
0:23.3	might enjoy this life for all it can be. May God stir up our hearts to accept the change
0:29.3	and transformation in him today as we make space right now for him to come and move. Welcome to
0:36.4	the first 15 podcast. Oftentimes we see
0:44.1	transformations as a one-time act. We find a problem and work on it until it gets better. Then we go back
0:50.9	to living life as normal. But the heart of God is for continual transformation.
0:56.0	God longs that we would be so open and aware of the desire of the Spirit
1:01.0	that we allow Him to transform us every moment of every day.
1:05.0	Too often we just accept that we are who we are,
1:09.0	as if the God we serve didn't have the power to continually
1:13.1	set us free. We live as if the Holy Spirit is a God who only shows up every now and then,
1:19.1	to shake things up, then retreats back into the heavens. But God is both loving and present. He is
1:26.0	always there for us. He is always filled with desire for us.
1:30.3	And the Holy Spirit is constantly ready to lead us in love, out of the darkness, and into the marvelous light of abundant life.
1:39.3	So what does continual transformation look like? How do we live and sync with the Spirit,
1:45.5	who can consistently change us from the inside out? Romans 12 says,
1:50.9	I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living
1:55.9	sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
2:05.2	Continual transformation will come when we decide to stop living for ourselves and instead become a living sacrifice to God as our holy acceptable act of spiritual worship.
2:12.8	You see, when we live for ourselves, we naturally take control of our own lives and therefore subjugate
2:19.3	God and his desire to transform us. When our limited perspective on what's good in life guides us
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