Change is Possible

Sermon series: Power to Change
Jan. 7, 2024
Phil Chorlian

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I. Why do we make the

we make?

A.

reasons we do what we do:

1 - You feel

to do it.

2 - You

to do it.

3 - You want to be

.

B. The primary reason you do what you do is because of what you

.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. —Proverbs 23:7

C. Three questions we ask ourselves before every decision:

1 - What

of person am I?

2 - What kind of

is this?

3 - What does a person

do in a situation like this?

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II. If you want to change what you do, you need to change what you

of you.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! —John 8:44-45

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III. How do you break the devil’s destructive

?

A. Change the way you

.

Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives… —Luke 21:37

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. —Luke 22:39

B. “Every action you take is a vote on the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” – James Clear

… when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. —Ephesians 4:22-24