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People Can Change Because God Changes People

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In honor of Throwback Thursday, we are remembering that a Christian is someone who believes people can change…

Once we are labelled, once that sin is attached to you, it is seemingly impossible to break free from it. Even when the label no longer fits. Even when you have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus, and have spiritually matured in Christ and repented of these things, and moved on in the power of the Holy Spirit toward Christ-likeness…they can still haunt you. Reputations are nasty, icky, sticky things.

Some people don’t want to believe that people can change. But people do change, because God changes people.

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Paul Washer’s Antidote To The Sinner’s Prayer

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Paul Washer explains what is wrong with the “sinners prayer.” Rather than having someone pray a prayer and then tell them they are going to heaven, he says we should tell people that the evidence of their salvation will be continued growth in repentance and salvation.

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There Is Never A Bad Time To Repent

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Francis Chan and David Platt discuss the importance of keeping the worship of God at the center of the Christian life. Anytime we drift from that, we need to repent. God loves to hear our repentance, and we should do it frequently.

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A Christian Is Someone Who Believes That People Can Change

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Once we are labelled, once that sin is attached to you, it is seemingly impossible to break free from it. Even when the label no longer fits. Even when you have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus, and have spiritually matured in Christ and repented of these things, and moved on in the power of the Holy Spirit toward Christ-likeness…they can still haunt you. Reputations are nasty, icky, sticky things.

Some people don’t want to believe that people can change. But people do change, because God changes people.

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Many Who Think They Are Pro-Life Still Act Like They Are Pro-Death

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Jesus’ encouragements are for self-examination first. Jesus invited his people to look at the shared struggles that we all face and even to have the courage to examine our own souls and name the sin that is there.

In light of that, I wonder if we need to start by talking about death. And in response to the words of Jesus, I want to take a few minutes to put my finger-pointing away and instead repent that I support, create, and defend a culture of death. I am, in fact, pro-death.

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See What Spiritual Revival Looked Like In Colonial America

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This 6 minute video explains the roles of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield in America’s First Great Awakening. See how God used these men to deliver a message of repentance and rebirth during a tumultuous time in American history. Their work resulted in a vast wave of conversions. Some call it revival. Historians refer to this time period as the First Great Awakening. Oh that such a move of God would sweep our country once more!

http://youtu.be/n-dk4-HBNWQ

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Restoration Through Repentance

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With most of our PARENTS we are somewhat burdened and we enjoy complaining about our parents’ faults, barely showing love at all. We have lost hope for growing together and we’ve pretty much given up on seeing these relationships flourish. We don’t necessarily believe this is best, but ultimately we’re either too lazy or apathetic to do anything else. We have enough community and “family” from other friends that the time and energy needed to grow relationally and on mission with our biological family isn’t worth it.

I propose that this is weak, immature, and selfish.

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