A Lifetime of Daily Change
Change is a lifelong endeavor requiring daily effort and struggle.
The race
Hebrews 12:1-4
Running with weights
Hebrews 12:1; 1Peter 2:11; Galatians 5:17; 1Timothy 6:12
Running with wings
Hebrews 12:2-3; Isaiah 40:29, 31; 1John 3:2
Summary of change initiatives (Tim Chester)
1. Keep returning to the cross to see your sin canceled and to draw near to God in full assurance of welcome.
2. Keep looking to God instead of to sin for satisfaction, focusing on the four liberating truths of God’s greatness, glory, goodness, and grace.
3. Cut off, throw off, put off, kill off everything that might strengthen or provoke sinful desires.
4. Bring sin into the light through regular accountability to another Christian.
- You must run
- You must run.
- You must fight.
- You must endure.
- You must fix your eyes and heart on Jesus.
Change project
Are you expecting change to come immediately?
You may need to be more realistic about sin in your heart.
Do you feel frustrated by your lack of change?
You may need to have more confidence about God’s work in your life.
How do you react when you sin?
- Do you feel God loves you less?
- Do you feel God blesses you less?
- Do you feel you need to make it up to God?
- Do you feel disqualified from Christian service?
You may need to embrace more fully God’s grace and Christ’s finished work.