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It's about His Will

When I met Christ, I became a different person. Forgiven. Changed. And new. Experiencing God at the church was similar to my moment of salvation. It was like another turning point. Somehow I experienced God in a new and deeper way. My desire for him wasn't about what he could do for me. It was just a desire for him and nothing else. From that day forward I was somehow a different person. God was no longer just someone who did something for me. I was overwhelmed with an awareness that it is about me loving him. It is about this will. His plan. His desire to reach other people ... through me.

From It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It 

by Craig Groeschel

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A Different View of Change

I used to be afraid of that word, change, as if it implied, somehow, that I need to be corrected. But now I have a different view of change. It is a shift in perspective and not the Extreme Home Makeover kind of change we see on television. It is a shift in what we think we are capable of; in where we want to see our life heading; in how we are willing to spend our time, talents, and resources. When people tell me about how God "moved" them, it is that kind of shift, I believe, they are talking about. It's a step in a new direction that we couldn't have taken on our own. Sometimes defining moments result in immediate and complete life transformations, like it did for the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus; but more often, such moments are more subtle, things we can only see in hindsight.

From Reckless Faith: Let Go and Be Led

by Beth Guckenberger

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change

When you boil life down to the nubbies, the name of the game is change. Those who flex with the times refuse to be rigid, resist the mold and reject the rut—ah, those are the souls distinctively used by God. To them, change is a challenge, a fresh breeze that flows through the room of routine and blows away the stale air of sameness.

Stimulating and invigorating as change may be—it is never easy. Before you get all jazzed about some quick and easy change you plan to carry out, better read that sentence again. Changes are especially tough when it comes to certain habits that haunt and harm us. That kind of change is excruciating—but it isn't impossible. Change—real change—takes place slowly. In first gear, not overdrive (see Romans 12:1-21).

From New Men's Devotional Bible

Devotion by
Charles Swindoll

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beginnings

Each one of us needs a new beginning at some point or other. But it needn't come with a bang of fireworks or a streaking comet. New beginnings often come slowly. They may even sneak up on you—like a tiny ray or sun slipping out from beneath a black cloud. You can be inspired by the smallest things, so keep your eyes open.

Consider these: A tea kettle singing on the stove inspired the steam engine. An apple falling from a tree inspired the discovery of gravity. A shirt waving on a clothesline inspired the balloon. A spider web strung across a garden path inspired the suspension bridge. God will use the simplest realities to inspire something bigger and better in your life.

From The Grandmother's Bible

Devotion by
Barbara Johnson

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