A transformed life begins with an encounter with God. The Bible has many testimonials of people whose lives were forever changed by God, but perhaps one of the most dramatic and unexpected is the story of a Canaanite woman named Rahab. We first meet Rahab in Joshua chapter 2. The Israelites, after a forty-year journey … Read more
Looking For Change In All The Wrong Places I’m writing this in the first week of January. New Year’s Day has passed, but my inbox is still flooding with emails about making resolutions and setting goals and promises of “A New Year: A New You!” Are you being bombarded with similar messages? There’s nothing wrong … Read more
Lessons From Gideon, part 6 If you missed the previous Lessons From Gideon, scroll down to the bottom of this post. You’ll find them there! God has taken Gideon through a slow process of personal transformation. He has gone from wimp to warrior, securing a miraculous victory over hordes of enemy Midianites. The battle … Read more
Lessons From Gideon, part 5 If you missed the previous Lessons From Gideon, scroll down to the bottom of this post. You’ll find them there! Gideon’s transformation has begun, and now it’s time for action. Gideon has amassed an army of thirty-two thousand men to confront the marauding Midianites. Things are looking up. Israel is … Read more
Lessons From Gideon, Part 4 If you missed previous posts in this Lessons from Gideon series, scroll down to the bottom of this post. You’ll find them them there! Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen… The Midianites had been harrassing the Israelites for seven long years, and once again they arrive for their annual attack. … Read more
Lessons from Gideon, part 3 In parts 1 and 2 of this series Lessons From Gideon, we saw how God began transforming Gideon’s false self image and poor self esteem. If you missed those posts, you can read them here: http://www.livingthetransformedlife.com/who-are-you-listening-to http://www.livingthetransformedlife.com/transformation-wimp-to-warrior Now it is time for Gideon to take some action in his recovery. … Read more
Lessons from Gideon, part 2 When we first meet Gideon, we find a man who is desperately in need of transformation. He has an appallingly negative self-image, describing himself as the least of the weakest. He thinks that God does not love Israel and has abandoned them. He is believing lies about himself and lies … Read more
Lessons from Gideon, part 1 One of my favorite heroes in the Bible is a man named Gideon. You can find his biography in Judges 6-8. We know more about him than any of the judges, with the exception of Samson. When we first meet Gideon in the pages of scripture, his life is a … Read more
Did you know there’s a question that everyone asks themselves at some point in their life? (And no, “What’s your favorite pizza topping?” isn’t it.) One question that everyone wonders about. One question that some never answer, while others spend a lifetime trying to figure out. One question that has generated untold millions (perhaps billions) … Read more
Missed part 1? Click here: http://www.livingthetransformedlife.com/little-man-big-transformation-part-1 Where we left off, Zacchaeus was out on a limb– literally. He had climbed a tree because there were obstacles in his way, and he wanted to see Jesus. As we explored in Part 1, Zacchaeus was a man with many needs. He came from a background of … Read more