ineed2change
The Hem of Him
By Ed Young
August 30, 2015
Change is inevitable. Whether or not we want it to happen, it will. But sometimes in life, there are changes that we do want to happen. How can we experience those?
In this message, Pastor Ed Young looks at the story of a woman in the Bible who was desperate for change. He shows us what she did – and didn’t do – to experience the change she wanted. By following her example, we discover that the catalyst for change isn’t always what we think it is. Sometimes it simply takes a willingness to reach out.
Transcripts:
What is it that you need to change? What is it you need to change? Maybe it’s a character defect. Maybe your pants are too loud. Maybe you’re thinking, I need to change my spouse, a hurtful habit, an addiction, a character defect. What is it that you need to change? You might be here. You could be in Dallas, Fort Worth, maybe even in Miami or the UK or the middle east watching this and you’re like, I don’t really need to change anything. I mean, I’ve got it together. If that’s you then you definitely need to change because you have a pride issue! Because the moment we say we don’t need to change is the moment we should go, “Whoa. I need to change.”
We can’t change unless we admit we can’t change. I’m talking about significant change, I’m not talking about superficial change. Yeah, we can tweak things, we can alter things. Yet what I’m talking about is true change, real change. It’s like our culture on one hand is addicted to change. We change so much. Yet on the other hand we say, “I don’t like to change.” Again, don’t think about your spouse, your kid. Don’t think about your boss, your teacher, your coach. Don’t think about your neighbor. Think about yourself. What is it that you need to change.
We provided a message map for you and it says, “I need to change” on it. Ineedtochange.com. And you’ll have some blanks that you need to fill in. And these blanks are kinda screaming, “Fill me in. Fill me in!” because there’s something about a blank, you just want to write on the blank. Get ready to write because we’re gonna talk about change.
People say, well my life has been change. God has changed my life. Can God really change a life? What does it mean to change? That’s what we’re tackling today.
Last time as I began this series of talks I said something that I want to revisit. What we cover, God uncovers. What we uncover, God covers. The Bible says in the book of Proverbs, Proverbs chapter 28, verse 13, “He who conceals his sins does not prosper.” In other words, if I cover my sin, if I cover this character defect, if I cover my lust, if I cover my anger then I’m not gonna prosper. “But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”