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Welcome to Wisdom for the Day, your daily source for spiritual refreshment and guidance.
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I'm Rick.
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Join me as I dive into God's Word to find clarity and strength for life's challenges.
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Let me help you embrace each day with faith and wisdom, ready to feel inspired.
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Let's get started.
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Today is Day 66, transformation Change.
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From 2 Corinthians 3.18, from the New Living Translation, we are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory.
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Human beings have long been resistant to change.
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Most people don't like change.
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I don't like change.
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When Sir Francis Drake brought the potato back from Peru to Scotland, people refused to grow it because it wasn't mentioned in the Bible.
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In the same way, when street lamps were introduced in Boston, local ministers preached against them, claiming if God had intended this, he would have made the sun brighter and the moon more brilliant.
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Even the use of painkillers faced opposition from clergy who believed that God created bodies perfectly and chemicals shouldn't interfere.
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Change is inevitable and while some changes may be bad, many are good.
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Not all change leads to progress, but without change, progress is impossible.
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The discomfort of change often comes from having to let go of what is familiar, from surrendering things that we once valued.
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We cling to man-made rules and routines, thinking they provide stability, but God calls us to be guided by something much more powerful His Holy Spirit.
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The Spirit within us has the ability to change us, transforming us from one degree of glory to the next.
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2 Corinthians 3.18.
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Embracing change in God's hand leads to growth, renewal and transformation.
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Are you open to the wind of the Holy Spirit?
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Where is God's Spirit directing you?
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What is he asking you to change in your life?
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It's only when we allow ourselves to change by God's power that we can become agents of change in the world around us.
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God uses our transformation to bring his light and love to a world that desperately needs it.
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Pray with me, god our Father.
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Pray with me, god, our Father.
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We frequently resist change because we want to be comfortable.
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Give us the mind of Christ so that we can choose Spirit-inspired change, amen.
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Well, that's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with more of God's Word.
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Intro and outro music by Weston McCurry Until tomorrow, I'm Rick.
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I love you, see ya.