Transformation

We as human beings tend to take the coming of a new year as a fresh start. However, God is the God of transformation. Fresh, our focus for January, goes beyond changing or starting fresh to transforming the way we experience life.

Change in the Kingdom of God is always transformation rather than a do-over or fresh start. When we begin a relationship with God we have a “metanoia” a Greek word that means, ‘a serious mind shift’, a deep turning away from the way things were. It’s a profound reorientation of perspective, values, and spirit, that move us to new understandings and directions. In other words an experience where everything changes.

Romans 12:2 NLT basically puts it this way, don’t copy the behaviours, trends and customs of the world, instead let God completely change the way you think, transform your mind, so you can become a new person with new understandings and perspectives.

Next week we are beginning with FRESH WIND. What it is, what’s needed to facilitate this transformation and how God sees it.

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