Lord Change Me

Regret is a useless emotion; it produces nothing. Regret focuses on what can never change. Repentance focuses on what has to change.

When we are truly right with God, we want to be right with others. It’s the natural next step.

“Lord, here it is. Here’s my chance to work on these things.”

The Greek word for patience literally means the ability to remain under.

Staying power is the ability to remain under that thing—as hard as it is. The determination to remain in that marriage—as hard as it is. The endurance to remain in that job—as hard as it is. The perseverance to stick with it in that difficult circumstance—no matter what. If God can produce in you that staying power, He can give you everything else.

God will not reveal what He is trying to produce in you unless you give Him a blank slate to work on and you can say from your heart, “No restrictions, Lord. Anything in my life, go for it, I’m Yours, period!” Bottom line: Until you are cooperating fully with God’s desire to transform you (chapter 2), He will not give wisdom in regard to what He is

Until you can answer with certainty about what God is specifically working on, you won’t make a lot of progress.

God can get every characteristic of Christ into your life if He can just teach you to persevere.

Confession is to say the same thing about your sin that God says.