Quotes About Transformation

I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.

So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ëGrace, grace to it!í”

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refinerís fire, like a laundererís soap.

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

And do not presume to say to yourselves, ëWe have Abraham as our father.í For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”