Transformation Opportunity - 6/19/2009

Today's Mental Image:

The Inheritance!

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Better than Being There Himself

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(a universal truth about families and about Christ)
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"Jesus decided to go to heaven and work on us from there ... and he sent the Holy Spirit to be with us and produce the growth and change we seek. And he said that this is better than his being here himself." [HOW PEOPLE GROW, by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend]

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The loss of the physical presence is dreaded - grieved.

But the physical presence - for good or ill - is what has laid foundation for the future.

The inheritance is often more empowering than the continued physical presence.

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How Is Growth & Change Accomplished In Our Lives ?

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Do not worry about what to say or how to say it. You will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

The Holy Spirit will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

If you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

The Spirit helps us in our weakness.

I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. John 16:7 [NIV]

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Let Us Live By The Spirit

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"Jesus decided to go to heaven and work on us from there ..."

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