This text, a sermon transcript, explores the significance of the Epiphany season and the Transfiguration of Jesus, viewing it as a revelation of Christ's identity and humanity's potential destiny to share in God's glory. It emphasizes the dual call for believers to bear their cross and undergo transformation into Christ's likeness. The sermon proposes that direct communication and communion with God, primarily through prayer, is the essential method for achieving this transformation and overcoming the challenges of daily life and Lenten discipline. It highlights that being in God's presence inherently leads to being changed, illustrating this through the examples of Moses and Jesus, whose appearances were altered after being with God.

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