Living By Design Pastor Jon Fulton May 26, 2019 Series: Living By Design

Dr. Andrew Newberg’s research concludes that “The moment we encounter God, or the idea of God, our brains begin to change.”

You are designed to be changed when you believe!

3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. --Ephesians 1:3-5 (NLT)

1. Through faith, your identity is changed

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. --Romans 15:13 (NLT)

2. Through faith, your attitude is changed

--Ephesians 4:22-23 (NLT) 22 Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. --Ephesians 4:22-23 (NLT)

5 But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us. 6 For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love. --Galatians 5:5-6 (NLT)

3. Through faith, your love is changed

land that God would give him as his inheritance. 8 It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. 9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise. --Hebrews 11:8-9 (NLT)

4. Through faith, your obedience is changed

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 has been kept secret for long ages past, 26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith… --Romans 16:25-26 (NASB95)

“If your faith in Christ leaves you unchanged, you don’t have saving faith.” --John Piper--

In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. --Ephesians 6:16 (NLT)

--1 John 5:4-5 (NLT) 4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.5 And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. --1 John 5:4-5 (NLT)

5. Through faith, your defense is changed

Living By Design Pastor Jon Fulton May 26, 2019 Series: Living By Design