{"id":32,"date":"2008-02-12T00:06:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T06:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ekklesiaofcrane.org\/?p=32"},"modified":"2008-02-12T00:06:51","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T06:06:51","slug":"ill-never-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ekklesiaofcrane.org\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"I’ll Never Be the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u0092ll never be the same again<\/del><\/p>\n

Proverbs 4:18 says, \u0093The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.\u0094 <\/p>\n

In our fellowship we pray that the Lord meet us every time we meet together. He is invited! In fact, we meet because of Him. Our belief is that every encounter with God, whether individual or corporate, we can walk away a different person. Each encounter will make us different because God desires to change us from earthly to heavenly, from carnal to spiritual, from temporal to eternal, and, of course, from glory to glory – His glory. These changes come by revelations that change our thinking as the world thinks to \u0093Having the mind of Christ\u0094 (I Corinthians 2:16). They also come by deliverances where we have been bound by the \u0093Fowler\u0092s snare\u0094 and\/or \u0093Sin which \u0085besets us, so that we may run the race\u0094 (Hebrews 12:1). We walk away washed, forgiven of all our iniquity. <\/p>\n

Moses was an example of carrying the glory of God in Exodus 34:29. The encounter between God and Moses made Moses\u0092 face illuminate to the point that Aaron and the Israelites were afraid to approach him. But Moses had something to say, a message from God.<\/p>\n

The disciples had a recognizable countenance about them in Acts 4:13, \u0093\u0085That they had been with Jesus.\u0094 Later on in Acts 5 we read the story of Annaias and Sapphira and the power that God showed the church with signs and wonders that \u0093Great fear came upon all the church\u0094 (Acts 5:11). <\/p>\n

There is an ever increasing need for light in this world, but there is also an inexhaustible power supply to make us the \u0093Light of the world.\u0094 (Matthew 5:14) <\/p>\n

How do we tap into this power supply? II Corinthians 5:21 says we are made the righteousness of God in Him. While Moses\u0092 shine of glory faded, we can be transformed through righteousness as in II Corinthians 3:7-18, to reflect that \u0093\u0085Ever increasing glory by the Lord\u0092s Spirit.\u0094 (ISV)<\/p>\n

I refer back to Proverbs 4:18 in the Message Bible that says, \u0093The ways of right – living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine.\u0094 The more we encounter God, the more we are changed into His image. The more we are changed into His image, the more we reflect and carry His glory. <\/p>\n

King David knew how to get back to the Lord\u0092s righteousness in Psalm 51:6-18.<\/p>\n

\u0093Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
\nAnd in the hidden parts thou shall make me to
\nKnow wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I
\nShall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter
\nThan snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness;
\nThat the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
\nHide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
\nIniquities. Create in me a clean heart, oh God;
\nAnd renew a right spirit within me. Cast me
\nNot away from thy presence; and take not thy
\nHoly Spirit from me. Restore unto me the
\nJoy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
\nFree spirit. Then I will teach transgressors
\nThy ways; and sinners shall be converted
\nUnto thee\u0085.For thou desirest not sacrifice
\nElse I would give it: thou delightest not
\nIn burnt offering. The sacrifices of God
\nAre a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
\nHeart, oh God, thou wilt not despise. Do
\nGood in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
\nbuild thou the walls of Jerusalem.
\nThen thou shalt be pleased with the sacrifices
\nOf righteousness, \u0085\u0094 <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Let us encounter God with this type of humility and walk away forever changed reflecting His ever increasing, illuminating glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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