Changing from the inside out. Are you so glad that when we come to Christ we are not required to get ourselves cleaned up first? God takes us just like we are. He cleans us up from the inside out. In fact, that is really the only effective way to change. Just ask someone who is trying to make a change in their life. Can you really change who you are on the outside without first making a change on the inside? It really isn’t possible if you want long lasting, and even lifetime results. Just ask someone who worked hard for 6 months to lose weight, only to gain it back in the next year. Outside changes are most effective when the heart changes. It works with outward circumstances too. If we are restless, we need to depend on the strength of the Lord to have our soul be stilled. We can ask God to do it, or we can speak peace to our own soul by remembering God’s promises, and rehearsing the victories of the past. If God wouldn’t have been there for me, I would never have made it is the sentiment in Psalms 94. How many of us can agree with those verses? How could we have made it through unbelievable circumstances had it not been for the peace of God that passes all understanding. How can we live today, tomorrow and all the rest of the days of our life without realizing that without God, it is impossible, but with GOD, all things are possible. What an amazing truth, and what an awesome way to live! With God, we can accomplish what He has put in my heart to accomplish! NO REGRETS!
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