Can you really change

CAN YOU REALLY CHANGE?

Jeremiah 31:33
The New Covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

Ezekiel 36:26-27
I will give you anew heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart. I will put my spirit in you and see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you.


GET INTO RELATIONSHIP
Pray for you Barnabas and be Barnabas for others

John 15:9
I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.

John 15:16
You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

Acts 4:36
And so it was that Joseph, a Levite born in Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas, which means “One Who Encourages.”

Acts 9:26-28
Saul went to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples. But they would not believe that he was a disciple, and they were all afraid of him. Then Barnabas came to his help and took him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had spoken to him. He also told them how boldly Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus. And Saul stayed with them and went all over Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

Acts 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith and many people were brought to the Lord.

Wrong Tools:
• Facts: instruction without relationship
• Fear: control, threats and punishment
• Force: physical, emotional, manipulation

Right Tools:
• Relate: a relationship that gives hope
• Repeat: teaching new habits within the relationship
• Reframe: passing on a new way of thinking and seeing