In our Christian lives the destination is transformation into the image of Christ. If the destination is transformation then the road to the destination would be called maturation. And there is a way of navigating this journey.
The Bible is clear that as we have become new creations we are to think differently. Here are some of the steps of that journey which I would call the building blocks of transformation.
1. Think kingdom thoughts
2. Saturate yourself by Meditating on the word day and night
3. which encourages you to Act upon Gods will
4. Which will develop Godly Habits in you
5. Which build strongholds of character in our lives
6. which leave kingdom legacies for others
As my pastor says "if you elevate your thinking you elevate your life". When Gods word empowered by the Holy Spirit dominates your thinking you are transformed.
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5/22/07
Elevated thinking
Elevate your thinking and you will elevate your life.
This statement is part of the culture of our local church here in Frisco Texas. Basically what it alludes to is that if you will put Gods word in your mind and heart your life will prosper. God thoughts bring contrast to thoughts in our minds that are not right thoughts.
For example: When someone cuts me off on the freeway there are thoughts in my mind that say "you idiot" or thoughts that say to myself "let's go cut that person off so they can feel what I feel and have empathy for me". Gods word contrasts those thoughts with "bless those who curse you, do good to those who spitefully use you" or "pray for that person today that they will encounter the living God and be blessed". When I act upon Gods way of thinking I elevate my life. I put myself in a place to have a God kind of prosperity such as peace, love, and joy. I put myself in a place that Gods kingdom is the priority and I am in on what God is up to on the earth each day.
This statement is part of the culture of our local church here in Frisco Texas. Basically what it alludes to is that if you will put Gods word in your mind and heart your life will prosper. God thoughts bring contrast to thoughts in our minds that are not right thoughts.
For example: When someone cuts me off on the freeway there are thoughts in my mind that say "you idiot" or thoughts that say to myself "let's go cut that person off so they can feel what I feel and have empathy for me". Gods word contrasts those thoughts with "bless those who curse you, do good to those who spitefully use you" or "pray for that person today that they will encounter the living God and be blessed". When I act upon Gods way of thinking I elevate my life. I put myself in a place to have a God kind of prosperity such as peace, love, and joy. I put myself in a place that Gods kingdom is the priority and I am in on what God is up to on the earth each day.
2/5/07
Think, Be, Do
This past year God has placed my family and I at Celebration Covenant Church in Frisco, Texas. I am so thankful he has. Initially it's not a place I would have chosen. There is a lot of flashing lights and loud music in a really polished environment. This style of community wouldn't be my personal preferences for a large gathering.
Yet the Lord led us here and we have been blessed by what we have received from the Lord at CCC. We have found a spiritual dna at CCC that has been born and matured from a passion about what a people of God should look like.
A key principle of the Christian journey that our pastor Keith Craft teaches is that we can change and be more like Christ. Those old patterns from our family of origin and from our own experiences can be transformed if we will think like Christ, which affects our being Christlike, and out of that being we will do the stuff of the kingdom.
In a nutshell this is the Christian journey. Think, be, do.
The reason for this blog is so I can dialogue with myself and others bout the journey of being transformed in my thinking, being, and doing and becoming more like Jesus.
Yet the Lord led us here and we have been blessed by what we have received from the Lord at CCC. We have found a spiritual dna at CCC that has been born and matured from a passion about what a people of God should look like.
A key principle of the Christian journey that our pastor Keith Craft teaches is that we can change and be more like Christ. Those old patterns from our family of origin and from our own experiences can be transformed if we will think like Christ, which affects our being Christlike, and out of that being we will do the stuff of the kingdom.
In a nutshell this is the Christian journey. Think, be, do.
The reason for this blog is so I can dialogue with myself and others bout the journey of being transformed in my thinking, being, and doing and becoming more like Jesus.
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