How to be transformed
Published: Wed, 08/02/17
The Table of Contents tells the story: Chapter 1: Jesus’ Easy Yoke Chapter 2: Transformed by Training Chapter 3: Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind Chapter 4: Transformed by Worship Chapter 5: Transformed in Community Chapter 6: Transformed by Habit Chapter 7: Transformed by the Power of the Holy Spirit Chapter 8: Transformed by Example Chapter 9: Transformed by Trying Chapter 10: Transformed by Faith Chapter 11: Transformed by Speaking the Truth Chapter 12: Transformed by Pain Chapter 13: Transformed by Sovereign Grace Contact: josh@joshhhunt.com 575.650.4564 Lessons are around $10 per teacher per year for medium-sized churches. Other plans available. See www.mybiblestudylessons.com
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We are transformed by hearing, reading, studying, memorizing and meditating on God’s Word. The greatest of these is Scripture Memory. Nothing will transform your mind like the power of lodging God’s word in your heart. I am fascinated by the technology of GPS. How a little box can talk to satellites miles above the earth and tell me exact directions to the nearest Starbucks never ceases to amaze me. Now, suppose I were to take my GPS (not a smart phone that is connected to the Internet) and go to Australia and try to use it, would it work? There are satellites that point there and everywhere—that is why they call it Global Positioning System (GPS). So, it should work, right? Well, with one adaptation, it would. I would need to install local maps into the system. This is what hearing, reading, studying, memorizing and meditating on God’s Word does for us. It installs the local maps. The GPS system is analogous to the power of the Holy Spirit working in our lives. But, just as the GPS system needs local maps to work correctly, the Holy Spirit needs the Word planted in you. (James 1:21) Nothing does this better than Scripture Memory. The book and study guide are both available on Amazon. The study guide is also avail as well as part of my Good Questions Have Groups Talking subscription service. This service is like Netflix for Bible Lessons. You pay a low monthly, quarterly or annual fee and get access to all the lessons. New lessons that correspond with three of Lifeway's outlines are automatically included, as well as a backlog of thousands of lessons. Each lesson consists of 20 or so ready-to-use questions that get groups talking, as well as answers from well-known authors such as David Jeremiah, Charles Swindoll and Max Lucado. For more information, or to sign up, click here. |