Change Starts With Me By Melissa Chaplin

Sub title: Faith without Obedience is Dead James 2:14-26 Ypur actions demonstrats your faith.. Others need to see that you have faith by your actions. Are others encouraged or disconnected when they look at your actions? Faith and actions works together. Without obedience faith is dead and without faith, obedience is worthless it can never please God.

Heb.11:6 without faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith is expressed through actions.

Rev. 3 Jesus is speaking to the dead church

If any one has an ears to hear, let him hear and take heed what you hear Mark 4:23-24 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit say to the church. Rev.2:11 I gave her time to turn to me and change the way she thinks and acts, but she refuses to turn away Rev. 2:21. Perceive- become aware and discern what the Spirit is saying and change.

- 1 John 1 :9-10

Good News Translation

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

Psalm 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalm 51:2

Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy

If I have walked contrary unto me; I need to confess Leviticus 26:40-42

committed wickedness...I need to confess 1 King 8:47

If I have done anything wrong or inproper I need to confess. 2 Chronicles 6:37,38

Psalm 19:12

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

God wants to make me clean spiritually.

Contemporary English Version

All who worship worthless (false) idols turn from the God who offers them mercy Jonah 2:8,9

You may not be like those around you but you still have a purpose.

Encouraging the unmarried. Jesus teaches on celibacy.

Matt. 19:11-12 Eunuchs 3 diffrent ways men can become eunuchs.

1. From birth

2. By men

3. Self made Not all men can live such a life; only those divinely empowered: but each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that 1 Cor. 7:7

Sin (evil) is longing to make you its victim. Sin desires you. Sin wants to rule you, control you, over take you, have dominion and reign over you

Gen. 4:7 *I must become sin Master instead of letting it Master me.

Our feet are always getting dirty, so therefore we must always clean ourselves. John 13:10 We must be cleansed daily from sins of the body - physical impurities and sind of the soul - the inward life, matters and thoughts. We must practice at becoming more mature to live a life Holy in awe in the fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1

Christ by His divine power has given us everything we need to live and walk a life that pleases him. Look at 2 Peter 1:3

We have no excuses because God through Jesus has given us everything we need to workout His Word, to workout His commands and to workout His characteristics. Plus, on top of given us all we need he's going to help us to do His will and His good pleasure. Phil. 2:12-13; 2 Peter 1:3