It took me quite a while to realize it wasn’t works that led to righteousness, but righteousness that led to works. My heart’s desire was to be righteous, so I spent most of my time trying to do something to become something. By doing all the right things (reading, studying, praying), I was attempting to regulate my behavior, thinking it would come in line as a result of these efforts. Nevertheless, I had the cart before the horse. Continue reading
Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.
I had been reading, praying and trying to obey for all the wrong reasons. I was doing these things thinking I was going to get something I’d already been given. I was looking at them as a means to attaining righteousness, as though it was about my good works instead of His. However, I had it backwards.Continue reading
Spending time in prayer and reading God’s Word are necessary, but not in the way we’ve thought.
My goal to walk in righteousness and bear good fruit had led me to seek out the path to transformation. I still had some things to learn about fruit. Continue reading
Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.
Now that we are in Christ, looking into the mirror of God’s Word is the way for us to see the unseen. Our inner image, the truth about who we really are, can only be seen and known by finding it described in His Word. Continue reading
II Corinthians 3 ~ How To See the Unseen
In Friday’s post, Beyond Beholding, we talked about the meaning of beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord…seeing the glory of the Lord in us. But, how do we know what that glory looks like? Continue reading
The Transforming Secret We’ve Missed
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory…. II Corinthians 3:18
How does this transformation take place? Exactly how do we “behold the glory…? DON’T MISS THIS !Continue reading
Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.
According to God’s Word, renewing the mind is the path to transformation (Romans 12:2) and to getting the righteousness that we have on the inside to actually show up on the outside (Ephesians 4:22-24).
Don’t be confused though. Continue reading
Through the Word of God, I was becoming increasingly assured that transformation did indeed come as a result of ‘renewing the mind’. Nevertheless, searching to find the exact meaning of this term, I found only repeated explanations that amounted to nothing more than mere self-effort. Continue reading
Tuesdays and Thursdays we take some time to reflect on the previous day’s post with the help of some visual inspiration.
The butterfly is one of the most beautiful and delicate of God’s creations. Its stunning colors, delicate frame, and graceful flight capture our attention. Nevertheless, we often forget the prior condition of this creature.Continue reading
Romans 12 ~ More Evidence for the Keys to Transformation
Although I’d seen an abundance of evidence to establish the truth of what I’d discovered concerning my fruit following my focus, I began to wonder if it could possibly be this simple. Continue reading