transitional church

8/3/2019 Transitional Church

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Transitional Church

Pastor Mike Hendon


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Transition: a:passage from one state, stage,

subject, or place to another : change b : a

movement, development, or evolution from

one form, stage, or style to another


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The one thing we can be sure of is CHANGE

But we dont like change, we dont do well

with change.

We put up barriers to change, we resist it.

We will go through amazing things to keep

from change.


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Transition is an adventure into the unknown

with all of the risks, known and unknown.

Look at Abraham:

Now the LORD had said to Abram:

Get out of your country,

From your family

And from your fathers house,

To a land that I will show you. Gen.12:1


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Abraham was a transitional man. God was

bringing about a new thing and He needed a

man to be the bridge into the future.

I believe God has called US to be a transitional

church just as Abraham is a transitional man


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Here are some important aspects of transition

There are no maps for this journey

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out

to the place which he would receive as an inheritance.And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Heb.11:8

It involves letting go of past to reach out for tomorrow.

You cant hold on to yesterday and you can only get tothe future by looking forward.


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Do not remember the former things,

Nor consider the things of old.

Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth;

Shall you not know it?

I will even make a road in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert. Isa.43:18-19


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In order to reach for the new, you must let go

of the old.

It is death by installmentsthe slow death of

our mind-sets, our attitudes, perceptions, and

paradigms with nothing obvious to take their

place.


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Sometimes we experience it FIRST then we

come to understand AFTERWARDS in

retrospect.

Therefore, it is important to spend time before

the Lord in order to reflect and review. To see

where we are and where we have come from


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By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a

foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac

and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same

promise; for he waited for the city which has

foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Heb.11:9-10


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Pioneers never get to enjoy the map cause

they are to busy drawing them.

Pioneers dont settle even when home

Pioneers accept the death process cause they

know future fruit comes from present death.

Jn.12:24


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Death is even another form of change

Whenever God allows death it is to free us in

order to experience new gifts, new realms,

new anointing, and different challenges to

love and faith.

For those who love God, you cannot fear

change, for the unchanging God comes to light

in your change.


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Moab has been at ease from his youth; He

has settled on his dregs, And has not been

emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he

gone into captivity. Therefore his taste

remained in him, And his scent has not

changed Jer.48:11


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Therefore behold, the days are coming, says

the LORD,

That I shall send him wine-workers

Who will tip him over

And empty his vessels

And break the bottles. Jer.48:12If you dont die to yourself-God will send

someone to kill you!


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Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the

Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all,

with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror

the glory of the Lord, are being transformed

into the same image from glory to glory, just

as by the Spirit of the Lord.2 Cor.3-17-18


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Change is not just endured but enjoyed by His

presence.

We submit to the process because we know

He is in control.

We know our inward development is more

important than outward circumstances.


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If we give Jesus the ground He requires INSIDE

than what is on the OUTSIDE will diminish if

not disappear.

We are excited about change because we are

excited about the Lord. As the revelation of

Him unfolds, we break out into new areas.

If we keep hitting the same landmarks, we are

resisting change

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