1. Created To Become Like Christ

2. Eph. c4 v22 - take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, 23 a life renewed from the inside 24 and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. (MSG) Rom. c8 v29 - God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son... We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. (MSG) Eph. c4 v24 -...made to be like God... truly good and holy. (LB) Introduction

3. Col. c1 v27 -... For this is the secret: Christ lives in you...(NLT) be so to thee.” God’s Spirit working in you Phil. c2 v13 - For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him. (NLT) Christ likeness not produced by imitation, but inhabitation

4. God uses His Word, people and circumstances to mold us so to thee.” Stepping out Obedience unlocks God’s power! God’s Spirit working in you

5. o Eph. c4 v23 - there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes. (NLT) God’s part – our part Phil. c2 v12-13 – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. (NIV) Changing your autopilot Prov. c4 v23 - Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. (NCV) Rom. c12 v2b -... but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. (NLT) How we grow

6. John c8 v31 - “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. (NKJV) so to thee.” Transformed by Truth Matt. c4 v4 - ‘People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of God.’” (NLT) The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God 2 Tim. c3 v17 - Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. (MSG)

7. Matt. c7 v24 - “Everyone who hears my words and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. (NCV) Transformed by Truth We must accept its authority 2 Tim. c3 v16 - All Scripture is given by God and is useful for teaching, for showing people what is wrong in their lives, for correcting faults, and for teaching how to live right. (NCV) We must assimilate its truth o We must apply its principles

8. Transformed by trouble ‘You’ll never know that God is all you need until God is all you’ve got’

9. 2 Cor. c3 v18b - our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. (MSG) Conclusion Col.c3 v10 - You have begun to live the new life, in which you are being made new and are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God. (NCV)