Grace The Power To Change
I would like to acknowledge Dr. James Richards for his insights to the grace message that God has given him. All the material here comes from his book entitled; Grace The Power To Change. His book helped change my life. I hope that as you take this journey you too will have the power to change. God’s grace is what changes us. Grace means that God’s strengthen works in us when we can’t change ourselves. But God can’t do this unless you allow him to.
Chapter 1
The Power To Change
What makes up the real you?
The heart is the real you. The heart is the place where who you are in your spirit and who you are in your soul (mind, will and emotions) come together. Our heart is influenced by: Our thinking, what we expose ourselves to, the beliefs that we adopt.
How does the condition of our hearts affect our everyday life?
Our spirits can be full of life, healing, joy, and integrity, but the condition of our hearts can keep those things from becoming a reality to us.
How can you change your heart in order to change your life?
Our hearts can only be changed by our thinking. What we think, what we expose ourselves to, the beliefs we adopt – all affect and influence our hearts. We can change our hearts through prayer, meditation and study/confession of the word. The confession part is not confessing our sins. It’s confessing what God says about us, who we are and what He thinks about us.
Describe the difference between “change” and “transformation”.
Change happens though our strengthen and ability transformation happens when we come to believe the truth about who we are in Jesus.
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