Quotes About Transformation

Those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son. Romans 8:29

Have you ever wondered why God goes to the trouble of sanctifying us? He could instantly zap us into His image the moment we decide to follow Jesus, or He could transport us into heaven the moment of our conversion. Why would He opt for taking us through the long, drawn-out process of planting, watering, pruning, and harvesting? But sure enough, He rolls up His sleeves, puts palms to the dirt, and begins putting the pieces of our lives together in a way that matters.

We learn to be victorious by surrendering our lives completely to the Spirit of God, not by gritting our teeth and trying harder.

We need more than a leader on our road to freedom. We need a Savior—One who keeps on saving. Although we need to be saved from eternal separation from God only once, Christ continues His saving work in us for the rest of our lives. If you're like me, you can think of more than a few potential disasters from which Christ has saved you since your initial experience of salvation.

If yesterday's wimp is going to become tomorrow's warrior, something has to happen today.

Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him like that. 2 Corinthians 5:16

You can't live an obedient life and miss an adventure. Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification is not an end in itself in the New Testament. Transformation is about knowing the truth and the truth setting you free.

God changed Saul's heart. A changed heart is the absolute requirement for kingdom service.

God's specialty is raising dead things to life and making impossible things possible.

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. (Ps. 30:11–12)

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 1 John 3:14

You'll know when your heart is starting to get well. It will hurt so badly with throbbing pangs of repentance, you'll think you're going to die. And you will. Then God will raise you from the very thing that has been the death of you. He really will give you a future.

May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

God is calling you a mighty warrior. This study is about God's teaching us to live like the mighty warriors we can be in Him. Are you sick of deceit and ready to learn how to live like a mighty warrior?

All the nouns—the people, places, and things—I've believed were inseparable from who I was have been strategically targeted by God. Over the years, He has sought to supplant them with Christ alone. They weren't cast aside as worthless any more than the land was relegated to meaninglessness for the people of God. They had their role, but they simply weren't Jesus.

You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. Isaiah 29:16

Still, from where we sit, even on this side of the Cross, where death gives way to life, sometimes what God has done for us can feel, instead, like something He has done to us.

Quite tragically, some who have believed in Christ have believed little of Him since. But He who began a good work in us

These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. Numbers 13:16

We may plan to stay forever and commit with noble intentions to do one thing for the rest of our lives. But when the Spirit of God moves within us, we must move with Him or be miserable.

How has Paul kept his wonder? He never forgot who he had been.

God chose to teach me with the very things Satan had used to defeat me.

I have done a lot to rehabilitate my reputation.

We've done a lot to restore Liberia's credibility, Liberia's reputation, Liberia's presence.