Renewal of Perspective
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🗓️ 25 September 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In our last episode of this week on renewal, today we’re looking at what it means to have a renewal of perspective. Lately for me, it seems like the difference between a bad day and a good day is simply just a difference in my perspective. And there’s hardly anything more empowering that realizing that we have the ability to change how we think, to shift our perspective, and therefore change how we feel and how we act. So may God give us the power and courage to choose the right perspective today, to see the world and our lives through his eyes.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 2:17, and today's worship is Only Jesus by Brian Johnson.
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| 0:00.0 | In our last episode of this week on renewal, today we're looking at what it means to have a |
| 0:10.3 | renewal, a perspective. Lately for me, it seems like the difference between having a bad day |
| 0:16.9 | and a good day is simply just a difference in my perspective. And there's hardly anything more |
| 0:23.8 | empowering than realizing that we have the ability to change how we think, to shift our perspective, |
| 0:30.8 | and therefore change how we feel and how we act. So may God give us the power and courage to choose the right perspective today, |
| 0:40.5 | to see the world and our lives through his eyes. Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from 1 John 2, verse 17, where Scripture says, |
| 1:06.6 | And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God |
| 1:13.5 | abides forever. |
| 1:17.2 | This life is like a gust of wind, strong and tangible, but as fleeting as it is real. |
| 1:26.3 | Tragically, most of us spend the majority of our lives, just trying to find out |
| 1:31.4 | why we're here. We ask, what's our purpose? What's the point of all of this? What's the meaning |
| 1:38.9 | of life? While Scripture is clear that this life is fleeting, God also makes it abundantly clear that what we do with our lives here is of eternal significance. |
| 1:51.8 | We have incredibly important things to do and little time to do them. |
| 1:58.1 | So, to truly live life to the fullest as God desires for us, to make the impact we |
| 2:04.8 | alone can make in this life, we need a clear understanding of how fleeting and important |
| 2:11.7 | our lives are. We need a renewal of perspective. First John 217 says, the world is passing away along with its |
| 2:23.7 | desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. God has a plan for you and a will for your life. |
| 2:34.0 | Your abilities, mind, heart, and hands |
| 2:37.5 | are of incredible importance to Him. Ephesians 210 says, for we are His workmanship, created in Christ |
| 2:46.3 | Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
| 2:53.2 | Your Heavenly Father has works prepared for you that only you can accomplish. |
| 2:58.9 | He has plans for you that he does not have for anybody else. |
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