We do not become the person God created us to be on our own. There are some essential relationships that help us in the process of transformation.The first is our relationship with God. Is He really someone we know? Are we coming into His presence in any kind of way on a regular basis?The other relationship is with people. Good people who build us up and make us better. BUT ALSO difficult people who challenge us AND MAKE US BETTER! God also uses them to transform us!

Living life does not distract us from becoming the person God wants us to be. We become His Masterpiece AS we live life!The requirement of us is that we keep in communication with God. Prayer needs to become part of the journey. We also need to deal with various distractions and mistakes that can cause a wreck. One of the ways we do this is to pay attention to some warning signs.

In order to become the person God designed us to be - to allow God to create in us a Masterpied - we need to look at our minds. How are we thinking? What are we thinking?If we are to BECOME, then we need to think new thoughts. This comes from filtering our thoughts by God's values - by increasing the "good" input. It also requires that we deal with our desires in Godly ways AND deal with our fears and worry.HOW do we do all this? That's what we'll talk about in this sermon.

If we want to become the ME God designed us to be - His Masterpiece - then it has to begin on the inside. Our soul / spirit / heart has to change. This sermon talks about how this happens.And the good news is that God comes to us "inside" where no one else can come - and helps us there with His Spirit!

We all have a sense that we were meant for something more. Yet building our own lives seldom works - we are just left frustrated.There is another option, beyond feeling defeated or useless. God sees us as His Masterpiece. He wants to help us fulfill our full potential - to become the REAL me He created us to be.

Many people tell us what's right - what to do - how to live. They all appear to be experts - claim to know what is best. The problem is that some of them are dead wrong. And if we listen to them - we will be just as wrong.The other danger is that we can really lie to ourselves. We can tell ourselves we are a good person, a Christian - yet Jesus doesn't even know us!There is only one reliable source of truth: Jesus and His teachings. We must build our lives on this ROCK!

How do we use the truth Jesus gives us? Do we judge others, condemn them, walk away from them?Jesus challenges us to not condemn them, but to focus on applying His teaching to our own lives.This isn't the easiest path, but it's the only one that works!

We all have dreams. The tragedy is when our dreams don't last - when they don't make us happy, even if we achieve them.Jesus challenges us to have bigger dreams - for things that will last AND give us a fulfilling life.WHEN we focus on these dreams - God sized dreams - the bonus blessing is that God takes care of the stuff we once worried about!