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We pray. Amen.
Good morning, everybody.
Really good to see you all.
We’re continuing in our theme.
My microphone is at the hem of my jumper.
There’s always a drama with this when I’m speaking, isn’t there?
There’s always something I haven’t done.
There we go. Is that better?
Great, okay.
Good morning, everybody.
Great.
It’s good to see you all again.
We’re following our series on being in life in the Spirit.
We’ve looked at what it means to be led by the Spirit,
the fruits of the Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit,
and there’ll be more of that coming as we go on in the next few weeks.
But the title of my message this morning is
Transformed by the Spirit of God.
And we’re going to be looking at 2 Corinthians 3, verses 16 to 18,
if you’ve got your Bibles on you,
or this is a great opportunity to get out your phone,
and you could even pretend to be on games.
And people will think you’re reading the Bible.
Except the Holy Spirit sees, you know.
He sees everything.
Just saying.
So 2 Corinthians 3, verses 16 to 18,
and I’m going to be using the NIV version.
Karen mentioned last week about using different versions of the Bible,
which I like doing,
but the NIV uses a word here that I think is really important.
Now, before I come to reading that scripture,
I want to kind of set the scene a little bit,
because we’ve kind of arrived at the end of,
or in the middle of, Paul’s thoughts to the church in Corinth.
And if you want to know more about the church in Corinth,
you can look that up in Acts chapter 18.
So they were a vibrant church, a passionate church,
but also they were a bit of an immature church.
And although they loved Jesus,
they were easily swayed by all the different snazzy teachings
that were coming up.
And so what Paul is doing is establishing a foundation,
and that’s where we come to.
And before we get to our verse this morning,
Paul is reminding the people
about an encounter with God that Moses had
back in Exodus 34.
So those of you that will remember
where Moses fits into the picture,
if you don’t, Exodus 34 and the chapters before
will fit you in.
But Moses goes up Mount Sinai,
he has this incredible encounter with God,
separate to the people that he’s leading,
and God’s glory shone so brightly on him
that as he comes down from Mount Sinai,
that glory is radiated all over his face.
And there is this veil that covers the glory of God
to protect the people from the shine,
but also so that the people couldn’t see
the glory of God fading,
because that’s what happened.
And what Paul is saying before we come to our scripture
is that that veil, that protection isn’t needed anymore.
That with Jesus,
there isn’t an elite bunch of people
that can encounter God,
and those that weren’t elite
that just got the ends of everything,
but all of us,
we can come freely into the presence of God
and encounter his glory freely
because of the sacrifice of Jesus.
That when we turn to Jesus,
he removes everything that blocks us
from truly seeing him,
and that’s the work of the Holy Spirit.
With me so far?
Okay.
Thank you, Cornelius.
I’m looking out for your amens there,
the rest of you.
Okay.
So, 2 Corinthians 3, 16 to 18 says this.
Paul is saying to the people,
but whenever anyone turns to the Lord,
the veil is taken away.
What’s the criteria?
Whenever anyone turns to the Lord,
the veil is taken away.
This thing that separates, this barrier.
Now, the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom.
Now, you can read it the other way on
that says if the Spirit of the Lord
is not involved,
whatever we are experiencing
is not freedom.
Looks like freedom,
masquerades of freedom,
but where the Spirit of the Lord is,
that is where there is true freedom.
Good so far?
Good.
And we all who with unveiled faces,
these are the people that have turned to the Lord.
Nick, if I could have a glass of water,
that would be really good.
Thank you.
We all who with unveiled faces,
when we contemplate the Lord’s glory,
so contemplate means to behold,
to look upon,
to think upon,
to be at the presence of,
are being transformed into his image
with ever increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord,
who is the Spirit.
Verse 16 is the promise.
Whenever anyone turns to the Lord,
the veil is taken away.
So if you have given your heart to Jesus,
and you have opened your life to him,
God removes the veil,
that barrier is taken away,
which means we have the opportunity
not only to see God,
to encounter his glory,
but for that glory then to be reflected out of us
to the people around.
Which is great news.
Paul says,
we all can see and reflect the Lord’s glory.
This is not just for spiritual elite,
this is for all of us.
And then he goes on to say,
the Lord is the Spirit.
And I just want to…
Is this yours, Roland?
Yeah.
It’s in my space.
I nearly drank it.
Is there vodka in there?
Just checking.
The Lord is the Spirit.
It’s important to remember
that the Holy Spirit is not an it,
or a force,
or a vibe,
or a thing,
or an emotion,
or a tingle down the spine,
or a moment in the church service.
The Lord is the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity.
He is God himself in our presence,
here with us today.
He’s a person.
So we all,
who with unveiled faces,
contemplate or look upon the Lord’s glory,
we are being transformed into his image
with ever-increasing glory.
And that is the verse
that I want us to kind of look at today.
And there are four questions
that I want us to ask.
I want us to ask what it means
to be transformed.
I want us to ask the question,
why are we being transformed?
How does it work?
And when does it happen?
And then,
I also want to ask the question,
what does that mean for me
tomorrow morning,
Monday morning,
at work,
Tuesday morning,
in the middle of all the things
that I’m going through?
What does this scripture mean for me?
And how do I apply it to my life?
So,
some translations,
we’re going to ask the question,
what does it mean to be transformed?
Some translations use the word changed.
We are being changed.
But I feel that that is really
a very weak word.
Because we change clothes
all the time,
don’t we?
We change appearance all the time.
Cut our hair,
grow our hair,
dye our hair.
Some of you haven’t got any hair.
That’s okay.
But we change things all the time.
I’m a different person
to how I was
when I was a lot younger.
There’s a lot about change
that I can do myself.
But the scripture here
is talking about transformation,
which is a deeper thing.
In fact,
the Greek word
is the word metamorpho,
which is the word
that Paul uses
in this translation,
which is where we get
the word metamorphosis.
Is that how you pronounce it?
Metamorphosis.
When you say that word,
what does it remind you of?
Caterpillar and butterflies.
Okay.
Thank you very much
because that’s in the notes.
Ten points for Jules over there.
It’s the same word
that we use to describe
what happens to a caterpillar.
Now, a caterpillar starts small.
It crawls around
on its belly on the ground.
It is incredibly limited.
It has a very limited lifespan.
And then there comes a moment
when it spins a cocoon
and then something incredible
happens inside the cocoon.
Any of you
that have done biology before,
what happens inside that cocoon
to that caterpillar?
It dissolves.
It does what?
It dissolves.
It dissolves.
It mulches down
into an unrecognisable blob of something.
It’s good, isn’t it?
A blob of something.
Very technical.
Every single cell changes.
Thank you.
Every single cell changes.
It’s the same word.
It’s the same word in here,
the transformation.
And it becomes unrecognisable.
And in the process of the cocoon,
where every single cell is broken down,
something is then reformed
or reborn,
and out comes…
Thank you.
Out of the cocoon comes a butterfly.
It doesn’t come
and become a caterpillar with wings.
Because that’s what change does, isn’t it?
When we change ourselves,
we become caterpillars with wings.
But what God is speaking about here
is that the old has gone,
the shape of the caterpillar,
all of that is gone.
And out of this cocoon
is reborn something completely brand new
because every single cell
has been broken down.
And out comes this thing
that we call a butterfly.
And which is the thing
that we ooh and ah at
when we see?
Do we ooh and ah at the caterpillar
or do we ooh and ah at the butterfly?
It’s the butterfly.
And it somehow becomes
from this grovelling on the ground
kind of creature
to this beautiful,
unlimited,
expansive
life of freedom
that this butterfly has.
I remember once…
Was it you or was it Aidan?
We went to…
Oh, no.
When I was a TA in a school,
went to the butterfly farm in Cleethorpe.
Have you ever been in there?
And we walked into the butterfly house
and a butterfly landed on…
His name was Charlie, actually.
A little boy’s Charlie’s head.
And one of the kids said,
Oh, look, Charlie,
there’s a butterfly on your head.
And he went…
That’s just a bit of an aside.
It’s nothing to do with the scripture.
No one’s going to start
whacking you on the head
or anything like that.
It’s just a…
Okay.
So, and that’s the Holy Spirit work in us.
When we turn to Jesus,
he begins to transform us
from the inside out.
He breaks down the cells.
He mulches us into something,
bit by bit,
so that out of it comes this new creation.
That’s what it means to be reborn.
God’s vision is not that we become
better versions of ourselves.
I have to admit that I’ve used that
in some of my evangelistic spiel
and said, you know,
what God wants to do is to make you
kind of the best version of yourself.
God knows.
He’s breaking everything down
and transforming us completely,
not into caterpillars with wings,
but into butterflies.
Isn’t that amazing?
Okay.
So that’s the first question.
That’s what it means to be transformed.
We are not being edited
or adjusted
or tweaked
or…
improved.
We are being changed.
We are being transformed
from one degree of glory to another.
So why does God want to transform us?
And to answer that question,
which is point number two,
we have to go back to the beginning.
In the beginning,
God made mankind in his own image.
No other creature on the face of the earth
is made in the image of God.
No other creature.
We are completely different
to the rest of God’s creation.
We were made in the image of God.
And you have that wonderful picture
of God walking in the garden
with his creation,
those that were made
in the image of him.
And in that relationship,
because of that uniqueness of it,
it was shame-free
and blame-free
and sin-free
and peace and joy
were natural.
Can you imagine a world
where peace and joy
comes naturally to us?
Put your hands up this morning
if peace and joy
flow naturally out of you
all the time.
David,
I’m going to ask Jen.
I’m going to ask Jen.
She’s my friend.
She’ll tell me.
But imagine that,
where peace and joy
flow naturally.
That’s what the relationship
used to be like.
And that is because
we were made
in the image
of our creator.
So there was that
natural sense of relationship.
and then we all know
the story
that a lie was told
and a lie was believed
and humanity,
we weren’t content
to be like God.
We wanted to be God himself
and so all of that.
And basically,
what happened in that moment,
it was as if somebody
came along
with hot tar
and threw it
up against
that beautiful relationship,
up against that image
of God
that was in us.
And then
that relationship,
the natural flow
of joy and peace,
shame free,
sin free,
all of that
was destroyed.
And that is because
the image of God
in us
became broken
and damaged.
Still with me?
Okay.
And that natural relationship
was shattered
and separation
came.
Now,
before Adam and Eve
ever knew how to even
ask for forgiveness
or ask for a way back,
we already see God
beginning his restoration
process,
process,
don’t you?
And that’s why
you can see Jesus
all the way through
the Old Testament.
So,
we were made to bear
God’s image
but sin covered
the image with self
and when the spirit
comes along
to transform us,
he is not
improving us,
he is restoring
or reforming
or reborning
the image
of Jesus
in us
that was there
right back
at the beginning
of time.
because he’s not
changed his mind,
he’s actually saying
I want it back
the way it was,
I want you to know,
I want you to experience
what it means
to live
in the natural place
of joy
and peace
and relationship
with God.
Ezekiel 36,
26 says this,
I will give you
a new heart
and put
a new spirit
in you
and that’s
the difference
between costume
Christianity
and spirit
transformation
because we all
can wear costumes
can’t we?
We all
do wear costumes.
I know
that it’s a gift
that I’ve learnt
over many years
how to put a costume
on
but that’s the difference
between costume
Christianity
and spirit
transformation.
We can change
our image,
what we look like
on the outside
but only God
can transform
the identity
within us
and I don’t want
to live
from a place
of costume
Christianity,
I want to know
day by day
what it means
to live the identity
of Christ,
Jesus in me,
Christ in me,
the hope
of glory.
That’s why
we need
power.
Not self-help
or how
to be
a better
person
podcast.
Those things
are good
because they
help us
to manage
habits
but they
can’t
make us
new.
They polish
the outside
but only
the Holy Spirit
can change
the inside
of who we are.
In fact,
we can’t
change the
inside
of who we are
and we’re
arrogant
if we think
we can
somehow
change
the core
of who we are.
You can read
every book
and still
feel stuck
because
information
is not
transformation.
That’s why
we need
power.
The world
offers tips
but the Spirit
offers transformation.
The world
will give us
advice
but God
is the only
one
that gives
us
power
and the
only one
that gives
us freedom
through the
Holy Spirit.
Now I want
to tell you
a story
this morning
about a dog.
If I could
have his
picture up
here.
Oh, I knew
that would get
you.
Do you know
who he is?
Little Ted.
His name
is Little Ted.
So I kind
of want to
use this story.
He’s really
had a huge
impact on me.
This story
to try and
give us
a bit of
an idea
of what I
mean.
So all
of you
know Liz
Patton.
Yes.
So this
is Liz
Patton’s
dog.
And by
the way
I have
asked
permission
to put
him up
on screen
this morning.
He’s allowed
to be
streamed by
the way.
It’s all
right.
We’ve got
permission.
Now Little
Ted was a
rescue dog
until about
two years
ago.
And two
years ago
I had the
privilege of
going to the
rescue center
to meet him.
And Liz
and I took
him out for
a walk and
immediately
could see
that he was
an incredibly
anxious and
fearful dog.
You could
tell from
his behavior.
And also
really reactive
to other
dogs.
Really I’ve
never seen
anything quite
like him and
his response.
And all you
could imagine
was what has
he experienced
in his little
life to have
got to the
stage where he
was such a
distressed and
sad to say
trauma.
So sad.
Is that the
word?
Trauma?
I can’t.
And when we
went to the
shelter and
inquired about
him, Liz
obviously had to
go away and
make up her
mind.
And so she
said to the
owner of the
shelter, do
you mind if I
let you know on
Friday?
I think this was
probably Wednesday.
And the woman
said, oh don’t
worry about it,
let me know
any time because
nobody wants
him, he’ll
still be here.
I know,
doesn’t it
pull on your
heart strings?
And I
didn’t say a
word to Liz,
I thought I
can’t say
anything, I
can’t even
look at her
and went to
where I
thought because
my heart was
already like
well I can’t
leave him
behind.
Anyway, within
just a few
hours Liz had
decided that
she was going
to have him
and I don’t
know that
whether or not
at the very
beginning of
having him she
thought maybe it
had been a
mistake because
he was
incredibly,
incredibly
difficult dog
because of
what he’d
gone through.
Anyway, I
had this idea,
I said I
know what
will help
him and
because he’s
reactive to
other dogs
and he’s
scared of
other dogs,
I’m going to
introduce him
to Max.
Oh.
He died in
January.
Oh.
Max is like
a big
baluba bear,
just a real
big therapy
dog,
everybody loved
him,
in fact when
he died in
January the
condolences I
received were
just,
everybody loved
Max and I
thought I know
what I’ll do,
I’m going to
invite Liz and
little Ted over
and we’re going
to introduce
little Ted to
Max and
there’s going
to be this
huge,
just like this
amazing
transformation as
little Ted
comes into
contact with
Max.
What a
brilliant idea
you’ve had
Erica and
Liz was saying
to me all the
time,
do you think it
will work?
And I’m
going,
absolutely it
will work.
First of all
it’s my idea
and my ideas
generally work,
isn’t that
right Nick?
Yeah.
And also
we’re talking
about Max
here,
I mean,
and she said
to me,
are you sure?
And all the
way in the
car,
yeah,
yeah,
I’m absolutely
sure.
So we
pulled up to
the house and
little Ted
started barking
in response to
Max and then
we put them out
in the garden
together and
guess what?
It was a
disaster.
It was an
absolute
disaster.
It was utter
chaos.
With this
gentle giant
here ending
up with
little Ted’s
head in his
mouth.
And it
was not
friendly.
And I
think the
only reason
that Max
didn’t come
out without
any marks
is because
little Ted
has got no
teeth.
But it
was absolute
chaos.
Now I
have thought
about this
a lot.
That
actually
although it
was kindly
motivated,
it was
incredibly
arrogant of
me to
think that
a dog that
had been
through
everything that
little Ted
had could
be fixed in
a moment by
one of my
bright ideas.
Now you
all know I’m
a bit of a
fixer.
That’s how I
work.
I like to
fix.
And if I
can’t fix,
I get
frustrated.
Now I
want you to
move on two
years.
And Isla
knows this.
Two years
on little
Ted has
been at
Liz’s and
he’s not
perfect.
but he’s
a completely
different dog.
And it
wasn’t Max
that did it.
It was Liz
who took
the long
view.
Faithful,
consistent
love,
discipline,
security,
acceptance,
boundaries,
and the
determination
that said,
and I
admire her
for it,
she said,
no matter
what,
you are
my dog.
And that
has been
a faithful
commitment
over two
years.
What I
thought I
could fix
in a
moment,
Liz has
with her
faithful
commitment
to this
dog over
two years
begun and
is continuing
a transforming
work in
this dog.
Now he’s
not perfect
but I
tell you
what,
he’s a
million miles
better than
he was.
And I
just want
to encourage
you because
that’s what
the Holy
Spirit does
in us.
He is
working
Jesus in
me.
And it’s
not a
one-time
fix.
I didn’t
say the
sinner’s
prayer and
suddenly all
the issues
that I
deal with
or all
the issues
that are
as a
result of
my broken
character,
they’re not
dealt with
in a way
abracadabra
but a
steady,
patient
transformation
from the
inside out
and out
working of
the Holy
Spirit in
me.
Yes,
Amen.
I looked
back as
part of
this message,
I looked
back and
saw what
God has
been doing.
So he
goes on to
say it’s
changed from
one degree
of glory
to another.
I want
to encourage
you that
small degrees
are still
a work of
the Holy
Spirit.
We celebrate
the big
jumps,
don’t we?
Wow,
look how much
that person
has changed.
But then we
often look at
ourselves and
yeah,
but look at
me,
I’m really
rubbish at
this or
what is
God doing?
Celebrate
the small
things that
the Holy
Spirit is
doing in
you and
then don’t
despise the
small things
that the Holy
Spirit is
doing in
someone else.
Are you
still with
me?
Okay, so it’s
the power of
the Holy
Spirit,
aware of
time.
When does
transformation
happen?
When?
Well, it
starts the
moment the
veil is
removed, the
moment we
surrender to
God.
In fact, that
in itself is a
work of the
Holy Spirit.
To be able to
see is a
work of the
Holy Spirit.
But then the
Bible goes on
to say that
he who began
a good work
in you will
carry it
on to
completion.
There’s the
promise, he
will do it.
Completion, there’s
the fulfilment.
When we stand
before Jesus on
that day, we
will be like
him in
entirety.
But in the
process, we are
being changed.
The Spirit began
it, he sustains it,
and he completes
it.
Good with
that.
So now we
know what, and
we know why, and
we know how, and
we will know when.
What does that
mean?
If the Spirit does
it all, does
that just mean we
get to sit around
and go, Holy
Spirit, change
me?
No, we
don’t.
The Bible says
in that
scripture, it
says, those who
contemplate, behold,
look upon, they’re
the ones being
transformed.
In Romans 12,
2, it says, do
not conform to the
pattern of this
world, but be
transformed by the
of your mind.
Paul is not
talking about
gaining more
information.
He’s not saying
we should all go
home and read a
concordance.
Information is not
transformation.
But we do all
have mindsets.
We all lean
towards something,
and the Bible
says either we are
conforming to the
world or we are
being transformed.
There is no
neutral ground.
So either we are
leaning into the
spirit and we are
allowing him to
change us, or we
can have a lean
into things of the
world.
And he’s talking
about mindsets.
And so when we are
thinking about the
renewal of our
minds, we are
thinking about what
position has my
mind taken?
What is the
posture or the
lean or the
attitude of my
mind?
If it leans
towards the
things of the
world, we will
by nature be
conformed to the
patterns of the
world.
But if we, with
unfilled faces,
contemplate his
glory, lean into
the spirit, then he
is faithful to
begin that work
within us.
Still with me?
Minds are never
neutral.
Sometimes they
lean our minds
towards fear or
self-reliance or
pride or negativity
or shame.
That’s just some.
That’s the pattern
of the world.
But when the
Holy Spirit renews
our mind, he
wants to straighten
our lean so that
we lean into him.
So instead of
fear, we begin
to trust.
I’m learning that
a lot when I have
one of my children
on tracker.
They’ve allowed me
to have them on
tracker.
But when that
little green thing
stops flashing and
it’s three o’clock
in the morning and
and they’re no
longer, you know
what I’m talking
about, right?
They’re no longer
live and you, last
time they were
connected to the
internet was 20
minutes ago and
it’s three o’clock
in the morning and
they’re in the middle
of Luton coming out
of the airport
walking.
My mind in the
middle of the night
goes down the road
of fear.
As natural as
that.
And I’m learning,
last night,
learning to drag it
back.
And say, I trust
you, God.
I trust you.
My mind has a
lean towards fear.
My mind can have a
lean towards grumbling
if I’m not careful.
But the Holy Spirit
wants to lean me into
an attitude of
gratitude.
As you can see with
Max, my mind has a
lean towards pride
instead of humility,
thinking I could fix
something.
It can lean towards
despair instead of
hope.
Or rebellion instead of
obedience.
Or criticism instead of
compassion or worry
instead of worship.
Am I the only person
in this room?
Yeah, let’s be honest
here.
Come on.
Renewal isn’t about
knowing more, but it
is learning to think
differently.
And that’s what the
Bible says.
So, we need to
position ourselves.
We position ourselves
to contemplate him,
to think about him,
to look over him,
to have our minds
changed by his truth,
and allow him to
renew our minds
in order that the
transforming work of
the Holy Spirit can
continue freely.
I’m going to ask the
musicians if you could
come back for me.
Please.
How do you know
if your mind is
leaning in the
right direction?
And let’s say,
just begin to play
something.
I’m going to ask us
to respond.
Because maybe you’ve
realised this morning
that you do have a
slant towards
something
of a worldly
pattern of thinking,
a mindset,
an attitude.
Maybe your mind
automatically goes
towards fear or
control.
My mind goes
towards control
or pride or worry.
And the way
I think about it
is, or the way
I discern it
in my own life
is to listen
to the words
that I use.
Because you know
that out of the
abundance of the
heart, the mouth
speaks.
And when we speak,
not when we speak
to our friends
and we’re putting
on a costume,
but when we speak
in the privacy
of our own hearts,
what are the words
that we use?
Because that will
tell us which way
we are slanted.
Do I talk
about Jesus
but really and
truly I trust
myself?
Or maybe
you can tell
because peace
is not the norm
for you,
it’s the exception.
We’ve been called
to a life of peace
and part of the
transformation of our
minds and of our
lives is to recognise
that we are
completely safe
in him.
That’s the truth.
Maybe
we go down
the road
of controlling
everything and
thinking if it’s
hard it mustn’t
be God
or I need to
somehow control
it in order
for it to work
out well.
You know,
God is great
and all that
but he really
needs my help.
Maybe
you just feel
exhausted
but you feel
you can’t stop
pretending
or performing.
Could be an
indicator of
where our
hearts and our
minds are
leaning.
It might be
that you know
your heart is
sharp about
something or
someone but you
know that Jesus’
heart is soft.
well there
immediately is a
what do they
call a
disparity.
It’s forming
him,
Jesus in
us.
Or maybe it’s
living in fear
so more
influenced by the
headlines than
by scripture.
Or maybe
faith is tired
and hope
feels naive.
Well it’s all
very well to have
faith but we
need to be people
that live in the
real world.
Have you heard
that before?
Or maybe it’s
just really simply
I know that
Jesus, yeah he’s
part of my life
but he’s not
really the centre.
Those things
lean us into
conforming to the
patterns, the
mindsets, the
postures of the
world.
And the way we
recentre and lean
into Jesus is by
beholding or
contemplating him.
So I just
wonder if we
could stand
together.
Maybe we need to surrender some of these things to God
and actually name them for what they are.
I have recognized, and I’m being really open here today,
I have recognized how easy it is for me to live in a place of fear.
Not about everything, but about certain things.
I live in a place of fear and see how my mind goes down that road.
It’s just like a light switch, it goes down that road.
And I know that I have to keep bringing that to God
and surrendering it to Him and saying, I trust you.
And it might be that’s where you’re at today and you just know,
you know that there’s a lean and there’s an imbalance.
We’re leaning into the logic or the understanding or the wise words of the world.
Lord, as we worship, I would just love for us to respond together.
Holy Spirit, thank you for the transforming work of your power within me.
Thank you that you are faithful to complete that which you’ve started.
But our Father, I also know that I have a role to play in all of this.
Forgive me for believing the lies of the enemy.
Forgive me for my prideful heart that thinks that somehow I can fix things.
And if you feel that the Holy Spirit’s been pointing something in your heart
or highlighting something, just we’ve got a few minutes.
Let’s come down to the front and join me here.
Let’s just pray together.
As we surrender our lives, Holy Spirit, we want to be transformed to be like Jesus.
I don’t want mindsets that don’t look like Jesus in my life.
I don’t want that.
I don’t want to proclaim freedom and Jesus with my mouth
and yet live in bondage in my heart
because of something that I’m scared to let go of.
If the Holy Spirit’s been speaking to you, come and join me
as we worship together.