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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

1 Corinthians 15:10, “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”

God’s eternal goal over our lives is to transform us into the image of His Son. 

This goal is accomplished by spending time beholding the glory of the Lord (2 Cor. 3:18). 

The secret of learning how to behold His glory is simply discovering that we can take the initiative to do it. 

The Lord’s desire to do His work of transformation over us is an ever present fact of His heavenly ministry (Heb. 7:24-25). 

Nevertheless, He still waits for us to draw near to behold Him in order to accomplish this work.

Taking the initiative does not mean that we are initiating something from nothing. 

In spiritual things, taking the initiative means we do something with a preexisting condition. 

Every Christian has this preexisting condition. 

It is Christ in you (Col. 1:27). 

Thus, Christ is the underlying factor of all your spiritual desires.

Take the initiative everyday. 

Go along with that little feeling within you. 

It may seem like it is merely you. 

But when you identify that feeling by the Word of God, you discover that it is not you. 

It is God operating in you. 

Yet neither can you say that it is not you, because the desire is your desire. 

Thus, we can say that it is a mingled desire issuing from the divine life operating within our human life. 

The apostle Paul expressed this principle in the verse above. 

He admits that he labored, yet in reflecting on his own statement, he has to equally say, “yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” 

Taking the initiative means cooperating with God’s operation. 

Cooperate with the desire, and He will transform you.

Until Tomorrow 

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Nancy Brown In Passing of her Daughter  

Bill Lawhead – Hospice

Charlene Shiflett

Darlene Thaxton – Improving

Richard Blount 

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends

Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad  

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Barbara Shed’s Family 

Bill Moody 

Carol Lawhead’s Brother 

Charles Rambles

Charlie Sessom – Waiting  

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom 

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

James Garner’s Brother, G’Son, & Daughter

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  

Vickie – Nancy Brown’s Daughter  

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford 

Michael Stanley 

Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom  

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmons Cousin  

Tom Witcher