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EXTREME MAKEOVER II - intro

Experiencing God’s Transforming Power

Pastor Duane Cross

03.30.08

I have come so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.”                                                                                      John 10:10 (The Message)

What does it mean to have an Extreme Makeover?

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”

Ephesians 2:4-7

I. HOW DO I LIVE A LIFE OF GRACE RIGHT NOW?

Abundance (penthouse)

Grace/Joy

Forgiveness

Guilt/Sorrow

Bitterness

Want (outhouse)

How do I live abundantly?

1. by seeing ourselves through God’s eyes.

2. by recognizing the voice of shame is from the accuser.

3. by reminding ourselves constantly that we belong to Jesus.

II. HOW DO WE LIVE A LIFE OF GRACE IN A WORLD OF DISGRACE?

1. with words.

2. with action.