February 19 Transformation week 3

Transformation

Our Vision is to see the transformation of people and places through Jesus.

People who are being transformed, transform places.  

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.    Matthew 4:17 - 25

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”     Matthew 9:9 - 13

Transformation happens as you experience life with Jesus - You become like Jesus and do what Jesus taught you to do.  Encountering. Embodying. Expressing.

People who are being transformed, transform places.  

Why?  

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”      Matthew 6:9 - 10

How? 

Who Then What

What:

Vision 

Values

Habits

Who are you becoming?

Who are your people?

Where are your places?