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CHANGE
When anything
begins to hinder more than it helps, it's time to abolish
it! When you're
through changing, you're through. If you want to
put the World right, start with yourself. The Love
Revolution has got to keep turning & changing &
moving every minute with something new. Let him that
would move the World first move himself. A new broom
sweeps clean. We may change our
methods but we don't change the basic principles. We've performed a
lot of operations, but thank God the patient always
recovered! Nothing is going
to always be--nothing but the Lord & His Love &
Salvation. All changes are
difficult & sometimes costly, but if they're good
changes, in the long run they pay off! If you get bored,
move the furniture around in your room! It's like
starting a new life! We're not afraid
to change, we're not afraid to stop doing something
unfruitful & to start doing something else! If you stop
changing, you're finished! If you're not
changed, you don't have Jesus, because He changes people!
No matter how good you are, He'll make you better! You have to
change people in order to change the World! Every major move
or revolution we've had looked like it was going to kill
us, & sometimes it almost did, but we've always come
out better than before! Our basic message
& beliefs have never changed, but God is constantly
changing methods adaptable to the times or the
situations. True repentance
is not just being sorry--it is "metanoia"--a
complete change of mind & heart. Anyone that
doesn't move & keep changing is dying or already
dead. We're not just
out to change the World--we're creating a totally new
one! Everyone needs a change once in a while. Any situation can get to one's nerves after a while until you could almost scream!
I'm not afraid to
turn around & go the other direction a bit if we've
been going this direction too long! Changes are good
for you! They make you really depend on the Lord! You may not be
able to change the whole World, but you can change your
part of the World. If you have
changed one life, you have changed a part of the World,
& you have proven that there is hope that it all can
be changed! If you have even
changed your life by the power of God's love, you've
changed a whole universe, the universe of your body &
the sphere in which you live. He who shall
introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive
Christianity will revolutionise the World. (Ben Franklin) As long as you
can continue to change, you will survive!--But if you
solidify and freeze, you're doomed to a tomb! We need to keep
exchanging and sharing and changing and moving in order
to grow and woo and win to His Way! There's nothing
new under the sun, but a lot of good ol' fashioned ideas
have to be revived every now & then that are pretty
new to the present. Too rigid a daily
schedule may not give God a chance to change it. There's no
standing still! You're either climbing and getting to the
top, or you're sinking and drifting to the
bottom.--Progressing or backsliding! God moves. He is
a moving God. He is never still. He is always effecting
change in every sphere of Creation. Leave things
alone that are running well, don't change horses in the
middle of the stream. Lord help me to
change the things that need to be changed, & not to
change the things that don't need to be changed, &
especially Lord, help me to know the difference! If you can't keep thinking up better ways of doing it, then you're dead! The Lord always
has something new up His sleeve! Nothing is
permanent except the Lord! Only He changes not. If there is one
thing you can be sure of in this life, it's change. There is no such
thing as standing still in your spiritual life! There comes a
time when the birdlings have to be shoved out of the
nest. There comes a time when the kids need to grow up.
Their parents can't take care of them forever when
they've got new children coming along. Don't get
blobitis yourself! Keep moving, turning, changing, and
revoluting every single day!--And you will, if you pray
and ask God what to do today! God's new order
must rise upon a clean, new foundation--the Personality,
Power & Truth of Jesus Christ. You have the Lord
& He's your security, He's always the same &
always with you wherever you go! No matter if all things
change & everything goes, you still have the Lord! Every thing,
every place & everybody changes but God--He is always
with you! You cannot change
the World of Man without changing his mind, & you
cannot change his mind unless you change his heart, &
you cannot change his heart without the inspiration of
God's Spirit! Just because we
did it that way yesterday, doesn't mean we have to do it
that way today! If you can find some easier, quicker,
shorter, better, faster way to do it, do it! Sometimes
conditions change directions. The only things
you can be sure of are the Lord, hard work, suffering,
constant change & joy! If you don't like
the way things are, change'm! His Word never
changes, the Lord never changes, the Gospel never
changes, Salvation never changes, Christ doesn't change,
but God keeps moving everyday! There's nothing
permanent with us except God & His Love & the
Family!--Nothing has to be permanent except the
Lord!--Only He changes not. (Mal.3:6.) One of the most
needed abilities in our Family is adaptability! Change is one of
the 7 basic needs of human happiness!--And variety is the
spice of life! Sometimes people
get settled down in a groove, in a rut & let the
roots grow down too long, & then the Lord has to
uproot them, tear'm loose & really break'm &
shake'm up! Thank You, Lord,
for helping us revive & revolute & revise &
change to meet each new circumstance & each new year
& each new need. Thank the Lord
we're still learning, still making progress, still going,
still advancing, still winning, still working, still
saving, still preaching & still winning souls around
the World! |
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