transitional church
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Transitional Church
Pastor Mike Hendon
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Transition: a:passage from one state, stage,
subject, or place to another : change b : a
movement, development, or evolution from
one form, stage, or style to another
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The one thing we can be sure of is CHANGE
But we dont like change, we dont do well
with change.
We put up barriers to change, we resist it.
We will go through amazing things to keep
from change.
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Transition is an adventure into the unknown
with all of the risks, known and unknown.
Look at Abraham:
Now the LORD had said to Abram:
Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your fathers house,
To a land that I will show you. Gen.12:1
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Abraham was a transitional man. God was
bringing about a new thing and He needed a
man to be the bridge into the future.
I believe God has called US to be a transitional
church just as Abraham is a transitional man
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Here are some important aspects of transition
There are no maps for this journey
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out
to the place which he would receive as an inheritance.And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Heb.11:8
It involves letting go of past to reach out for tomorrow.
You cant hold on to yesterday and you can only get tothe future by looking forward.
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Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert. Isa.43:18-19
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In order to reach for the new, you must let go
of the old.
It is death by installmentsthe slow death of
our mind-sets, our attitudes, perceptions, and
paradigms with nothing obvious to take their
place.
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Sometimes we experience it FIRST then we
come to understand AFTERWARDS in
retrospect.
Therefore, it is important to spend time before
the Lord in order to reflect and review. To see
where we are and where we have come from
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By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a
foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
promise; for he waited for the city which has
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb.11:9-10
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Pioneers never get to enjoy the map cause
they are to busy drawing them.
Pioneers dont settle even when home
Pioneers accept the death process cause they
know future fruit comes from present death.
Jn.12:24
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Death is even another form of change
Whenever God allows death it is to free us in
order to experience new gifts, new realms,
new anointing, and different challenges to
love and faith.
For those who love God, you cannot fear
change, for the unchanging God comes to light
in your change.
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Moab has been at ease from his youth; He
has settled on his dregs, And has not been
emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he
gone into captivity. Therefore his taste
remained in him, And his scent has not
changed Jer.48:11
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Therefore behold, the days are coming, says
the LORD,
That I shall send him wine-workers
Who will tip him over
And empty his vessels
And break the bottles. Jer.48:12If you dont die to yourself-God will send
someone to kill you!
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Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all,
with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror
the glory of the Lord, are being transformed
into the same image from glory to glory, just
as by the Spirit of the Lord.2 Cor.3-17-18
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Change is not just endured but enjoyed by His
presence.
We submit to the process because we know
He is in control.
We know our inward development is more
important than outward circumstances.
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If we give Jesus the ground He requires INSIDE
than what is on the OUTSIDE will diminish if
not disappear.
We are excited about change because we are
excited about the Lord. As the revelation of
Him unfolds, we break out into new areas.
If we keep hitting the same landmarks, we are
resisting change