Thought Cards | Tag: change
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"I have made up my mind and can't change, it will be a sign of weakness to change my mind"
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Jonah 3:10 "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster, that he had said that he would bring upon them; and he did it not."
Jeremiah 18:8 "
Isaiah 57:15 "For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy;
Isaiah 66:2 "
Romans 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
God's perfect will is that our minds will be changed to His mind.
Psalm 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."
Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
Ezekiel 36:26 "
Proverbs 29:1 "He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."
1Corinthians 3:19 "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness."
1Corinthians 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Matthew 5:7
Luke 20:18 "
Whoever does not change his mind in relation to the unchanging truth shall be crushed and be destroyed in the end.
"If God wants me to change He will do it"
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2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Romans 8:10 "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness."
Romans 8:12 "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."
Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,"
1Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:"
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
Philippians 2:12 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
God has already changed me in the inside so that by my willingness to do His pleasure what He has worked inside will be worked outside. God will change me according to my own willingness to do what it takes for the change.
"It is too late for things to turn out for good"
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Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
All things including time are programmed to work for my good.
2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Habakkuk 2:3 "
Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."
Understanding and respect for time is the source for success. To say that it is too late shows lack of understanding and respect for time for time is meant to be our helper.
Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
It is not for me to determine whether something is late or not.
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Just as it seems a long time for God to fulfil His promises God can also bring something to pass that will seem to man to take a long time to fulfil.
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
The fulfilment of God's promises does not make you perfect but being perfect fulfils God's promises to you. God always aims at making you perfect.
"My circumstances are not changing for good it will not work"
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Isaiah 41:18 "
Romans 4:18 "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken,
The worst cannot withhold God's best which is appropriated through faith.
2Chronicles 20:15 "And he said, Hearken you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD unto you,
I have all that it takes to make things work because God is for me.
Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Psalm 34:5 "They looked unto him, and were radiant: and their faces were not ashamed."
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
Zechariah 4:10 "
The beginning and outlook of things does not determine the end. It is my faith in God.
"If God wants me to change He will change me"
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2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Romans 8:10 "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness."
Romans 8:12 "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."
Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,"
1Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:"
Philippians 2:12 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
God has already changed me in the inside so that by faith I should work out this change to the outside.
"Even if I change, it won't last"
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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
Whatever thing that is accomplished by the spirit of power lasts the longest.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
God has programmed every stage of my life to end in immovable peace and glory.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
My everlasting change is in my everlasting faith.
Jude 1:24 "Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,"
God will keep me from falling back if I keep my faith in God's ability in keeping me from falling back.
Romans 16:25 "Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"
The truth of God's ability to keep me from falling is sure and existed even before the universe.
John 8:36 "
The change that comes from Jesus lasts forever.
Hebrews 3:14 "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;"
A lasting change depends on a lasting confidence in Christ.
"I can't change"
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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
My change is at the mercy of my faith.
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
To the degree my focus and faith on God's Spirit is unchanging to the same degree I will change.
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
There are infinite possibilities of change because the Spirit of change lives in and works in me by faith.
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
God's Spirit in me has enough love and power to transform my form into God's own form as I allow Him to keep my mind sound by faith.
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
To the extent my life is in Christ by faith; to that same extent I will experience change.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Change is not self-produced but God-produced through faith.
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
The rule of God in my life through faith always brings great changes.
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
The life of faith is an ever changing forward moving life where the bad things perish and the good things are ever renewed; changes in both directions.
Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."
Change is at the mercy of my thought and not at my being tough.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
My life is programmed in God unto progressive positive change through the progressive knowledge or faith in Christ.
"May be my faith is not strong enough, that is why I still do not see any change"
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2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
To the degree I look at the 'seen' to same degree I will feel inadequate in my faith.
2Corinthians 4:13 "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
Faith is the spirit in all children of God and the spirit of faith is the fullness of faith. I have the fullness of faith because I have spirit of faith.
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Every child of God is able to live by faith through God.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The faith that lived in Christ and not just my own faith also lives in me.
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
I have been made righteous and boldness is an expression of faith.
1Corinthians 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
The source of faith lives inside me because the Spirit of faith lives in me
Romans 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
The word of God produces the faith of God. I have sufficient faith because I am born of the word.
Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
Heavenly faith is the highest kind of faith. Faith is one of the spiritual blessings I have been blessed with. This faith is a heavenly one.
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"
The existence and work of God's faith in me is not rooted in the power of my mind but in the power of God.
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Because I have the image of the creator of all things I can create all things.
Psalm 82:6 "
I have the seed and power to express God.
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Faith is a good thing and walking in love is walking uprightly I can access faith by walking in love.
1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
God will ensure that I have enough faith to get whatever is needful for me.
"I always do this, I can never get free from this habit"
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Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
The seeds of liberty in our lives is God's word.As we continue to sow them in our hearts they will always produce fruits of liberty in our lives in due season.
"I am not used to expressing my appreciation in words so I do it in my deeds"
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Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Untill appreciation is expressed in words it remains dead
Matthew 12:34 "
Words of appreciation is the evidence of a heart full of appreciation. True appreciation cannot be expressed without words
"It will be too difficult to change this behaviour/attitude of mine"
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Psalm 119:11 "Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you."
Change of behavior or attitude depends on how precious the word of God is to me
Matthew 11:28 "
How often we come to Jesus in prayer determines how easy or difficult it is to experience change
Matthew 11:29 ,29 "
It is the yoke of humility before and dependance on God is what lightens every other yoke on our lives
"I will definitely change, It's just a matter of time"
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John 8:32 "
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
"It will be too difficult to change this behaiour/attitude of mine"
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Psalm 119:11 "Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you."
Change of behavior or attitude depends on how precious the word of God is to you
Matthew 11:28 "
How often we come to Jesus in fellowship determines how easy or difficult it is to experience change
Matthew 11:29 ,29 "
The yoke of humility before and dependance on God is what lightens every other yoke on our lives
"I am too old to change"
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Psalm 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
The grace and strength of God for my change is still available to me in my old age through prayer.
"I have grown up with this, I can't change from it"
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2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
In Christ Jesus I can be free from anything and have a brand new and glorious beginning
"I will change It's just a matter of time"
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2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
Change is a function of your beholding of the glory of God as revealed by the Spirit of God
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
John 8:32 "
Change is not produced with time but it is a result of an encounter with truth
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
change does not come with time but comes by walking in the consciousness that you have been justified through faith in Christ
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
What in the eyes of man should take time might not take time at all when we have God as our all sufficiency. But what should take a short time in the eyes of men can take a long time without the revelation of God as our sufficiency
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
God has already changed you in Christ Jesus to the image of Christ. It is therefore your faith in finished work of God and not time that will manifest this change
2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
"this addiction, attitude is part of me, I can't change, sh'd just accept it"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
The life of the child of God is programmed with an addiction to Spirit of positive change to righteous paths and ever-increasing glory
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
"An evil person will always be evil, people don't change"
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2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
2Corinthians 3:17 ,17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.",18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
There are infinite possibilities of change when the Spirit of change is at work in the life of a person
Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."
Ezekiel 36:26 "
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
"I don't think this person will ever change"
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1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
2Corinthians 3:17 ,17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.",18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
Ezekiel 36:26 "
Isaiah 1:18 "
"If I try harder things will change"
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Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Psalm 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Jeremiah 17:5 "Thus says the LORD;
"I will change if he changes"
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Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
"It will be too difficult to change this habit of mine"
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Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
"I am comfortable where I am, I don't want any change"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
"He will change if this happens to him"
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2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Luke 16:29 ,29 "
Proverbs 21:1 "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will."
Only God can change the heart of a man
"I just don't like change"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
The glory of a man is in the change he allows the word of God to bring to His mind.