The Cost of Change
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· 3 viewsFollowing Jesus doesn’t just change our position—it changes our patterns. This message explores sanctification, the ongoing work of God that transforms us, and the cost that often comes with real change.
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Opening Framework:
Opening Framework:
Prayer
Series Intro: I’ll Do It Tomorrow
Message Title: The Cost of Change
ME:
ME:
- We’re going to talk about Sanctification.
- We’re going to talk about Sanctification.
- Seth/Mario Kart
- Seth/Mario Kart
He wants to improve but he doesn’t understand or like the process.
We: I do the exact same thing with God.
We: I do the exact same thing with God.
There’s been times when I wanted God’s promises but I didn’t understand the process… or I didn’t like the process.
We pray for… Growth, Breakthrough, Change
But then we struggle if… things get harder or uncomfortable.
Because we don’t always understand the process… and sometimes we don’t like the process.
God: The Process For Change…
God: The Process For Change…
Justification to Sanctification
Justification - To be declared righteous
A Position / Instant
Sanctification - The process of being set apart.
Ongoing Process / Constant
Essentially…
Justification changes our position. Sanctification changes our patterns.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Sanctification is God’s will for your life.
It’s not elite Christianity… it’s for every Christian.
Philippians 1:6 - It’s actually God’s doing. He’s going to continue doing it.
John 17:17 - Sanctification happens through the Word of God.
This book doesn’t just inform you. It transforms you.
When we understand that God is doing a work in us. All of us. We allow ourselves to walk out of those area’s God is delivering us from. It allows us to experience the Change God has for us.
Jesus has ALWAYS been in the business of changing and delivering people. And we can learn alot from those stories… good and bad. One of those stories…
Mark 5: 6-17
He’s clothed / In his right mind / Free… yet the people around him saw the cost and wanted Jesus gone from that moment.
God brought deliverance. God brought change. Yet they preferred their comfort.
You: Sanctification will always cost you something you were comfortable keeping.
You: Sanctification will always cost you something you were comfortable keeping.
For some of us those pigs are…
Comfort, Control, Habit, Tradition.
-We want growth… but we resist the accountability that produces it.
-We want freedom from lust… but we’re not always willing to be vulnerable with someone we trust.
-We want our church to reach more people… but we don’t always like the change that comes with that.
-We want deliverance & revival… but we also want to keep the pigs.
The problem is You cannot have the delivered man and the pigs… It’s one or the other.
Let us be a people that release comfort, control, our traditions, our habits for what God would have new for us.
We: We want to be a people who welcome change, who welcome deliverance, who welcome God shifting things in us or in our city… even when it disrupts us.
We: We want to be a people who welcome change, who welcome deliverance, who welcome God shifting things in us or in our city… even when it disrupts us.
In 2026 we have the opportunity to be a church that values God’s will over our comfort.
In 2026 we have the opportunity to pray… “Lord whatever it cost… keep changing me. Lord whatever it cost… keep working in those around me.”
Alter Call:
Alter Call:
If you need to ask God to help you let go of something, you can receive change God has for you…
If you need to believe God will work a miracle in someone else… whatever it may cost
