I Really Want to Change...So Help Me, God!This book is about a different you. After much prayer and reflection, I believe I can promise you with 100 percent assurance that if you apply to your heart and life the biblical principles in this book, you will be changed! When I began in pastoral ministry more than twenty years ago, I was out to change the world, but quickly and painfully learned that God was more interested in changing me. The truths in this book are stained with my own tears of trying and failing and trying again to be the man God wants me to be (more on that in the book). Too much of the Christian writings in our day amuse and tickle without dispensing the transforming truth of the Gospel. I will try to avoid that error. I wrote this with the urgency of a loving heart for you and your situation. You say, “You don’t know my situation!” and you are right. But in the countless hours I have spent praying and writing and preaching this material, I have probably thought of a situation similar to yours. I do care for you and want you to believe that change is possible. Your life can be much different than it is now. Yes—it can! God loves you and wants to pour His transforming power into your life. 1. “The Preparation for Change.” Three chapters get you ready to change. You will learn to choose the right method, partner with God, and select the specific areas that need change first. 2. “The Process of Change.” The next four chapters describe the biblical method for saying “no” to sinful patterns and “yes” to the good things God desires for you. 3. “The Power to Change.” We cannot change ourselves. Without God’s help, our efforts to change will always fail. The book concludes with three chapters explaining how to experience the power of God personally and continuously. |
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