That’s right! It’s free and it TOTALLY will transform your home. Don’t worry, you have all the skill set you need!

Are you ready for it?

It’s the renovating of ourselves.

Like all renovations, things will get tougher, they are not always pretty and DEFINITELY won’t happen overnight and…we will need help.

But, let me tell you, the transformation is worth it.

The ladies at our church have been going through a study by Cassandra Martin called, Women Opening the Word, Immeasurably More.

Cassandra writes, “Becoming like Jesus, involves both tearing out what doesn’t look like Him, as well as investing ourselves in taking on His nature and character. There will be days when we wonder if we will ever see the possibilities God sees in us, but in the end, something beautiful will emerge and take shape as we walk with Him.”

She talks about Ephesians 3:14-20 where we are called to live an immeasurably more life. We all have moments in our lives that have changed our lives whether for the good or bad.

Transformation Time

Maybe it was a time you had a situation with a church member, or family member, or a tragic scary life event. Or a baptism, birth or marriage. Those moments either molded us for the good or for the bad by how we were guided through those events or how open we were to allowing God to use us, mold us, and transform us for his glory.

Today, I really want to encourage every single one of us to examine our lives in ways we can start making those small changes. Those steps forward to living the immeasurably more life. The beginning is going to be exciting and motivating. We may think we are ready for what’s ahead but we also need to recognize, it’s going to take work. We will need help to make those everlasting changes that stick and make real progress. That’s only going to happen when we fully allow God to work in and through us. Fully submitting to his will.

Romans 12:2:

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

How can we transform our minds? By being in the word. How do be build a relationship? By being surrounded by them, being in constant communication. We speak to God through prayer and praises and God speaks to us through his word. How will we be able to transform and renovate our hearts if we are not living in the word?

Psalms: 51:10-12

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Changing of our hearts is allowing God to use us and mold us. Allowing the many years of life experiences and hardships to be soften by his presence.

“The result of a heart and mind that are out of sync with God is behavior that embraces sensuality.” – Cassandra Martin, WOW Immeasurably More: page 130

How true, right?

When we let the world lead our hearts and minds we allow those ideals to become our truth on how to live.

We live in a society where it is all about what you deserve it, do what feels right, follow your heart, instant gratification with the internet, phones, or tv. Anything we want to do with or add to our body: hair, nails, make up, tattoo’s, clothes, etc. Not saying any of those things are bad, but they are a part of pleasing of our body and are things we need to assess when choosing to use them.

Take our phones for example. They can be used for good, but they can also be used for gratifying the senses. Getting away to numb our minds, to help us fall asleep, porn for men or women, any Time on my phone takes away from something else.

We think I need to buy that shirt or those pants because if I looked like them, I’d be a happier mom. If we did this to our kitchen I would make dinners every night and we’d be the happiest family. If we bought this for our house or kids would be the happiest kids.

Armor of God

But what we really need is to buy the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, the helmet of salvation, shield of faith, sword of the spirit, breastplate of righteousness. (Eph 6:10-18)

Focusing on:
Gal 5: 22-26 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”

Using Phil 4:8 to measure what we allow us and our families to watch or do.

Phil 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice.

With God, we are able to live this immeasurably more life and renovate our homes so we can have a home we’ve always wanted for our families.