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Beginning: Spiritual Transformation, Part 1 of 5

Introduction and Overview.

We will barely scratch the surface in this series. In some ways, it will be like a launchpad, launching you ‘further still’ in your spiritual journey. I want you to want this. I’m going to lead you there, so you can see what it is.

The word transformation indicates an end result. As Christians we are transitioning, transforming, and will continue to spiritually transform until we arrive home with our Father in heaven. As we look back on our spiritual lives, it is then that we have proof that our lives have spiritually transformed.

There is life in this.

We are spiritually alive. When we are spiritually transforming, the dead state of pretense, of pretending, of playing a ‘spiritual’ part, no matter how well intentioned, is simply gone. We have left the phony stuff behind. We have come alive in our spirit. We are energized by the Spirit of God.

Why are we transforming?

What is the point of transforming, of transitioning? It is this; we are being made in the likeness of God’s dear Son. We are transforming into His’ Christ-likeness. Our lives are becoming authentic. Christ is becoming more visible in us. Christ is being seen in us–in our reactions, in our thoughts, in our behaviors, and in our love. It’s all about Christ. It’s all about Christ having His way in us. We are not our own anymore.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

–Romans 12:2

My healing journey.

I’ve been on my healing journey for almost two decades now. It has revolutionized my life. I have come to know God better. He and I have a close relationship with intimate fellowship. The healing came along with my intention to seek God to know Him. God knew my heart.

I experience God as real, kind, and loving.

What is God like? God is glorious. Period. His glory touches everything. God is approachable, kind, compassionate. He loves. He cares. He helps. He keeps. He is trustworthy. He is also just, fair, and true. He is all of His attributes. God takes us by the hand and He leads the way. He takes us further still, further than we anticipate.

Before I expand on this subject, I have a disclaimer. This topic, spiritual transformation, applies only to those who already have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Christ is the way of salvation to all who believe. I invite you to accept the gift of salvation that God through Christ offers you.

A spiritual transformation can be had.

It starts with wanting it. If you don’t want it, it’s not going to happen. You won’t get far without having some skin in the game. It takes you and it takes God, and it takes a desire for God, and it takes coming together in an honest relationship where you don’t hold back.

Joyful, Joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee, Op’ning to the sun above.

Next in series: Growing: Spiritual Transformation, Part 2 of 5

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Keys of the Kingdom is True for Today

Prayer of Binding and Loosing is based on the Keys of the Kingdom.‬

  • Bind my will to the Father’s will.
  • Bind my mind to the mind of Christ.
  • Bind my emotions to the Holy Spirit.
  • Loose anything in me that is not of You.

Do you want to see God change a life?

Pray this prayer for yourself or for someone else, or even someone who has gone astray or doesn’t know Christ. Insert their name and pray it consistently and over a long duration. You can extend the prayer by adding what the need is i.e. loose Satan’s grip on Suzie’s life…loose evil influences/worldliness/selfishness/idolatry from Sammy’s life.

An elderly couple prayed this prayer for their grown son for many months. He had lost his way and had little interest in things of God. He was in a marital separation from his wife. A few months later, his marriage got back together. He returned to church. And he became an active leader in a youth club at the church. Was it coincidence? I don’t think his parents think so.

Side note: I had the privilege of leading his son to Christ before his father’s turnaround. His grandparents would bring him. He was doing scripture memory work in my small group of children when he told me he wanted to accept Christ as his Savior. He was a second grader at the time. His conversion calmed him. The difference was noticeable.

God’s Word speaks today.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19

This is a powerful prayer that is based on scripture. We are told to have the mind of Christ, to follow the Father’s will, to allow God’s Spirit to have His way in our lives. We are told to eschew worldly lusts, resist the wiles of the devil, and flee from evil and the evil one.

When I pray this prayer for myself or for someone else, I am inviting God to help me do what is according to His will and purpose in my life or their life. It can be prayed for the lost person, the rebellious person, the one who has lost their way, and the person in need.

Praying God’s Word releases God’s power to work freely in our own lives and the person-being-prayed-for’s, life.

Faith. Obedience. Trust.

Living by faith: living in obedience and trusting in God’s plan. The power comes from God.  –Mary Anne 

It’s a prayer that invokes the Father and His resources. Feel free to use it.

Wishing you the very best,

Norma