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Transformation is a process. Philippians 1.6 - Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. We don’t transform ourselves. That is the Spirit’s work. But here is our part. We keep pace with Jesus - that is when the burden is light. We make adjustments as he points them out. And we continue to love God and love people. Honestly, it doesn’t always make sense. But God works as we are obedient. Transformation comes through obedience. 

Times are tough. The economy is crashing, gas prices are through the roof, political and global turmoil continues to spiral - in the middle of it, is it even possible to choose joy?

You come to know God by experience as you obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through you.

God is speaking to us like crazy – but because we are unwilling to make adjustments in our lives to go where he is working – we may miss out massively. Like the crisis of belief, the necessity of adjustment is a second point at which many people miss out on experiencing God. To get from where you are to where God is requires significant adjustments in your life. These adjustments may relate to your thinking, circumstances, relationships, commitments, action and beliefs. To move from your way of thinking or acting to God’s way of thinking or acting always requires fundamental adjustments. You can’t stay where you are and go with God.

There is a common belief that we can do our own thing AND still follow Jesus at the same time. That we can fit our idea of Jesus into the way we want to live.  But a genuine encounter with God will always lead to a place that will require us to make a decision. That is His goal. 

Question - how do you respond when God speaks to you? Let's become a people who seek to hear God's voice. A people that don’t settle for a notion about God – but diligently long for a relationship with God where he speaks. Where we hear. Where we are being moved by his promptings. It is a mystical thing – but a powerful thing. God wants to speak to you. 

This conversation is all about becoming God-Centered in our lives. Most of us are living for ourselves not for God’s purposes. If we are going to experience God in our lives we have recognize his invitation to join him in his work.

God wants to know you, and He always takes the first step to initiate. Will you respond?

In a time that has been so hopeless - Jesus’ people rise up and bring hope to everyone we know. This Easter is a moment for us to lock our hearts into the hope we have in Jesus - no matter what this world throws at us - our hope will not be shaken. Our hope is for this whole world. We commit Jesus to bring this hope to everyone we know! 

Jesus’ church has endured because Jesus’ people have allowed Jesus to affect their ordinary work moments. We have not allowed sacred and secular to become a divide. It is all God’s. We are his wherever we are.