Sermon by David Utayev.
SERMON NOTES:
LIFE'S TRANSITIONS:
SPRING: Growing SUMMER: Grown
Just as God is: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, so we are: Spiritual, Physical, and Mentally Alive (body, spirit, soul);
“Sometimes God brings times of transition to create transformation” Lynn Cowell
ROMANS 12:2
TRANSFORM YOUR THOUGHTS IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM YOUR CHARACTER
Let God transform you into a NEW PERSON by changing the way YOU THINK.
Joshua was a man who God took through a transition and then transformation.
Joshua 1 - “THE LORD SPOKE TO JOSHUA”
When the Lord speaks in the season of transition and we act on that, a transformation is coming.
God is still in the business of TRANSFORMATION.
Plans to prosper you and NOT TO HARM YOU. When you're going through your transition, know that God has the best intentions for you.
Jeremiah 29:11
Joshua's job consisted of leading more than 2 million people into a strange new land and conquering it. The Lord promised that He would be with him. Joshua's life and season of transition was directed by God. We need to be directed by God.
"Direct" has a beautiful meaning. It means to: control the operations of
So when we say, "GOD DIRECT MY LIFE," we're saying "AIM ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, CONTROL THE OPERATIONS OF MY LIFE, MANAGE MY LIFE".
In your season of transition to transformation, God says to you what He said to Joshua: "be strong and courageous" and, "be very strong and courageous."
Courageous means to not be deterred by.
Do not lean on your own understanding but in all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.
Our flesh will bring us down, but the Spirit will raise us up. That is why we have to died to the flesh, take up our cross daily, and follow Him.
When we do that, we are able to conquer the transition and become transformed in our minds in order to have a new character that will change the world.
It is all through trusting in God.
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