![Psalm 37:5-6 (Voice)
5 Commit your path to the Eternal;
let Him direct you.
Put your confidence [trust] in
Him, and He will follow through
with you.
6 He will spread out righteousness
[the right path] for you as a sunrise
spreads radiance over the land;
He will deliver justice for you
into the light of the high sun.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/changeisgoodforslides-190112005129/85/Change-is-Good-by-Brent-Lokker-20-320.jpg)
Change is Good! by Brent Lokker
- 1. Brent Lokker January 5, 2019
- 3. Revelation 21:5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”
- 4. Paradigm Shift “A time when the usual and accepted way of doing or thinking about something changes completely”.
- 5. Paradigm Shift “A time when the usual and accepted way of doing or thinking about something changes completely”.
- 6. “It is a time of crossing over into a new season, so don’t look back!” –Doug Addison
- 7. Isaiah 43:18-19 18 Eternal One: Don’t revel only in the past, or spend all your time recounting the victories of days gone by. 19 Watch closely: I am preparing something new; it’s happening now, even as I speak, and you’re about to see it. I am preparing a way through the desert; Waters will flow where there had been none.
- 8. John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” ~Jesus
- 9. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
- 10. The paradigm shift happening in the Church
- 11. The church is a place or a service The church is the people
- 12. Resources are used primarily to get people to come to a weekly service Resources are used primarily to expand God’s kingdom through the people
- 13. The church is a business— we gauge our success on numbers The church is an assembly with authority—success is obedience to God
- 14. Pastoral focus that encourages people to look to the pastors Apostolic focus that encourages people to look to Jesus
- 15. We gather to consume so we can make it through another week We gather to remember who God says we are and be empowered to represent Him again in the coming week
- 16. “I’m not being fed” “I’m a world changer!”
- 17. The church is a place or a service Resources are used primarily to get people to come to a weekly service The church is a business—we gauge our success on numbers Pastoral focus that encourages people to look to the pastors We gather to consume so we can make it through another week. “I’m not being fed.” The church is the people Resources are used primarily to expand God’s kingdom through the people The church is an assembly with authority— obedience to God is success Apostolic focus that encourages people to look to Jesus We gather to remember who God says we are and be empowered to represent Him again in the coming week “I’m a world changer!”
- 18. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- 19. Psalm 112:7 (TPT) They will not live in fear or dread of what may come, for their hearts are firm, ever secure is their faith.
- 20. Psalm 37:5-6 (Voice) 5 Commit your path to the Eternal; let Him direct you. Put your confidence [trust] in Him, and He will follow through with you. 6 He will spread out righteousness [the right path] for you as a sunrise spreads radiance over the land; He will deliver justice for you into the light of the high sun.
- 21. Declarations for
- 22. This year, I experience the Father’s tender love, the grace and mercy of Jesus, and the intimacy and power of the Holy Spirit in greater measure than ever before! This year, I learn to rest in the Lord, listen to His voice, and enjoy the journey more!
- 23. This year, I discover with greater clarity my identity and infinite value as God’s favored child and what I’m alive to release for the benefit of others! This year, I live out of my identity in Christ to show the love and power of Jesus wherever I go!
- 24. This year, I unapologetically receive God’s super-abundant grace and favor. I expect an increase of influence in order to shine brightly and bring hope to the world! This year, I love God well, I love myself well, and I love others well because love always wins! This year, I courageously take intentional steps towards the dreams God has placed in my heart!
- 25. Father, I commit my path to you and ask you to direct my ways I trust you! As we walk together you will illuminate the way because you are a good, good Father!