Second Chances: The Power of Changed Hearts
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "God, give me a second chance and God, give me a new heart. Because we need both, church. We need new mercies and we need a new heart. We need second chances and we need a changed soul. And the good news, my friends, is that Jesus offers us both of those things. So if you're here today, and I don't know, maybe you feel like an outsider. Maybe you feel like, man, life has been nothing but unkind to you, that everything that you've done that you've tried to get through has gone wrong. Maybe you feel like a reject. Maybe you feel like an outcast. The good news is that there is nothing that can push you too far away from our God." [28:18]
2. "And all it takes, all it takes, church, is one decision. One decision. You don't even have to make the decision to change yourself. All you have to do is say, Jesus, I'm trusting you. Jesus, I am choosing to follow you. Jesus, I am choosing to lay it all down, to give up all of my preconceived notions, to give up, all of my biases, to give up all of my prejudices. And I choose to follow you. I choose to let you begin to change me. That's all it boils down to, church, is a choice. And the question is, what's your choice today? Are you choosing to remain an outsider or do you choose to let God bring you to the inside?" [29:39]
3. "You know, I believe God will give you chances to redo everything you may have done or have gotten wrong in this life. I do believe it. You can't undo it, but you can redo it. But it starts with one choice." [30:11]
4. "You might feel like your life has hit rock bottom, but I promise you, the moment you start following Jesus, it might not make all of your circumstances better. Your situations might never change at all. But what, what it does is it gives you access to Jesus, to the God of the universe. It says that the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling within you. That's the God of the universe has decided to live inside of you." [30:46]
5. "Because from here, even though you might be at a proverbial rock bottom, when you make Jesus your firm foundation, anything you build onto him, it will stand the test of time. He'll begin to build you up. He'll begin to turn you into the person he knows that you can be, the person he always envisioned, the person he designed from the start." [31:15]
### Quotes for Members
1. "If we pray for second chances, what it boils down to is this. If we pray for second chances, but we never let God change us, then all we're gonna do is circle the same mountain over, and over, and over again. If our hearts are full of bitterness, or envy, or hatred, getting away from the people we may blame, or this group of people over here that we think is the source of all the world's problems, getting away from that's not gonna change anything. It's not gonna fix any of the problems, because we're just gonna carry that problem with us again to the next place that we go. And the key is simply letting God begin, to change us. Letting God begin to move in, and redecorate us from the inside out. And unfortunately, it's a slow process." [25:26]
2. "We need more than a second chance. We need a changed heart. Let me ask, have you ever tried to get out of a situation that you didn't like only to find yourself in that same situation before too long, right? I don't know, maybe like you left your last job because your old boss drove you nuts only to find out that your new boss is like exactly the same. Or I don't know, maybe you consolidate your debt to get out from under a high interest rate only to add new debt to the consolidated debt and before long, you're in a worse place than you were before. Those are some adult words. Are you proud of me, church? Maybe. Maybe you moved to another town or another state or another country, who knows, to get some sort of fresh start. You slow down. You start to spend more time with your family. You make God a higher priority. You get life back on track. But before long, your life looks almost the same way it did before you left." [20:19]
3. "We think that we're leaving the problems behind us, but the problem follows us because the problem, it's not in our circumstances. It's not in our situations, but the problem is us. And the reason I think when we find ourselves in these funks in this life is that God, he's more interested in changing our hearts than he is in changing our circumstances. Because if all we do, if the only changes that are happening in our life are our circumstances, we will never become the person that God wants us to be." [21:32]
4. "Joseph might have given them a second chance, but it was God that gave them a new heart. Church, we need more than second chances today. But we need a new heart. We need a changed heart. We need more than new mercies. We need a new heart. And that's just what the gospel provides us. Our God is the God of second chances. He's the God of changed hearts, and he is the God of the outsider. He gives us new mercies every single day, and his spirit is working every day to make us new, to transform us into new creations on the inside, in our hearts. Through Jesus' blood, we're told that we are forgiven of our sins, and by his spirit, we are transformed into new creations." [24:12]
5. "And the great thing is this, is the gospel is not limited to simply receiving forgiveness of sin, but it also includes freedom, freedom from sin as well. Because we could have a million second chances, and nothing would change if our hearts are the same. Age doesn't make us more like Jesus. Experience doesn't make us more like Christ, but the Holy Spirit working deep inside of us, in our hearts, is what turns us into looking like him." [24:51]
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1. "God, give me a second chance and God, give me a new heart. Because we need both, church. We need new mercies and we need a new heart. We need second chances and we need a changed soul. And the good news, my friends, is that Jesus offers us both of those things. So if you're here today, and I don't know, maybe you feel like an outsider. Maybe you feel like, man, life has been nothing but unkind to you, that everything that you've done that you've tried to get through has gone wrong. Maybe you feel like a reject. Maybe you feel like an outcast. The good news is that there is nothing that can push you too far away from our God." [28:18]
2. "And all it takes, all it takes, church, is one decision. One decision. You don't even have to make the decision to change yourself. All you have to do is say, Jesus, I'm trusting you. Jesus, I am choosing to follow you. Jesus, I am choosing to lay it all down, to give up all of my preconceived notions, to give up, all of my biases, to give up all of my prejudices. And I choose to follow you. I choose to let you begin to change me. That's all it boils down to, church, is a choice. And the question is, what's your choice today? Are you choosing to remain an outsider or do you choose to let God bring you to the inside?" [29:39]
3. "You know, I believe God will give you chances to redo everything you may have done or have gotten wrong in this life. I do believe it. You can't undo it, but you can redo it. But it starts with one choice." [30:11]
4. "You might feel like your life has hit rock bottom, but I promise you, the moment you start following Jesus, it might not make all of your circumstances better. Your situations might never change at all. But what, what it does is it gives you access to Jesus, to the God of the universe. It says that the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling within you. That's the God of the universe has decided to live inside of you." [30:46]
5. "Because from here, even though you might be at a proverbial rock bottom, when you make Jesus your firm foundation, anything you build onto him, it will stand the test of time. He'll begin to build you up. He'll begin to turn you into the person he knows that you can be, the person he always envisioned, the person he designed from the start." [31:15]
### Quotes for Members
1. "If we pray for second chances, what it boils down to is this. If we pray for second chances, but we never let God change us, then all we're gonna do is circle the same mountain over, and over, and over again. If our hearts are full of bitterness, or envy, or hatred, getting away from the people we may blame, or this group of people over here that we think is the source of all the world's problems, getting away from that's not gonna change anything. It's not gonna fix any of the problems, because we're just gonna carry that problem with us again to the next place that we go. And the key is simply letting God begin, to change us. Letting God begin to move in, and redecorate us from the inside out. And unfortunately, it's a slow process." [25:26]
2. "We need more than a second chance. We need a changed heart. Let me ask, have you ever tried to get out of a situation that you didn't like only to find yourself in that same situation before too long, right? I don't know, maybe like you left your last job because your old boss drove you nuts only to find out that your new boss is like exactly the same. Or I don't know, maybe you consolidate your debt to get out from under a high interest rate only to add new debt to the consolidated debt and before long, you're in a worse place than you were before. Those are some adult words. Are you proud of me, church? Maybe. Maybe you moved to another town or another state or another country, who knows, to get some sort of fresh start. You slow down. You start to spend more time with your family. You make God a higher priority. You get life back on track. But before long, your life looks almost the same way it did before you left." [20:19]
3. "We think that we're leaving the problems behind us, but the problem follows us because the problem, it's not in our circumstances. It's not in our situations, but the problem is us. And the reason I think when we find ourselves in these funks in this life is that God, he's more interested in changing our hearts than he is in changing our circumstances. Because if all we do, if the only changes that are happening in our life are our circumstances, we will never become the person that God wants us to be." [21:32]
4. "Joseph might have given them a second chance, but it was God that gave them a new heart. Church, we need more than second chances today. But we need a new heart. We need a changed heart. We need more than new mercies. We need a new heart. And that's just what the gospel provides us. Our God is the God of second chances. He's the God of changed hearts, and he is the God of the outsider. He gives us new mercies every single day, and his spirit is working every day to make us new, to transform us into new creations on the inside, in our hearts. Through Jesus' blood, we're told that we are forgiven of our sins, and by his spirit, we are transformed into new creations." [24:12]
5. "And the great thing is this, is the gospel is not limited to simply receiving forgiveness of sin, but it also includes freedom, freedom from sin as well. Because we could have a million second chances, and nothing would change if our hearts are the same. Age doesn't make us more like Jesus. Experience doesn't make us more like Christ, but the Holy Spirit working deep inside of us, in our hearts, is what turns us into looking like him." [24:51]
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