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Published: April 30, 2009, 12:15 p.m.

Life\nTransformation

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Peter 4:3-6\xa0(NLT)\xa0 You have had enough in the past of the\nevil things that godless people enjoy\u2014their immorality and lust, their\nfeasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.\nOf course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the\nflood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you. But remember\nthat they will have to face God, who will judge everyone, both the living and\nthe dead. That is why the Good News was preached to those who are now\ndead\u2014so although they were destined to die like all people, they now live\nforever with God in the Spirit.\n\n\n\nJohn 10:10\xa0(NLT) The thief\u2019s purpose is to steal and\nkill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

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We bury it.

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(Proverbs\n28:13)\xa0 \u201cHe who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses\nand renounces them finds mercy.\u201d

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We beat\nourselves up.

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(Romans 7:24)\xa0 \u201cWhat a wretched\nman I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?\u201d

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(Psalm 38:4-8)\xa0 \u201cI am drowning in\nthe flood of my sins, they are a burden too heavy to bear.\xa0 Because I have been\nfoolish, I\u2019m utterly worn out and crushed, my heart is\ntroubled\u2026\u201d

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We blame others.

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(Genesis 3:13)\xa0\n\u201cThe\nserpent deceived me, and I ate.\u201d

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Peter 5:8\xa0(NLT) Stay alert! Watch\nout for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion,\nlooking for someone to devour. \n\n\n\n

We build on it.

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(Isaiah\n43:18-19)\xa0 \u201cForget the former things; do not dwell on the past.\xa0 See, I\nam doing a new thing!\xa0 Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?\xa0 I am making\na way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.\u201d

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How do I find real life transformation?

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nForgive\nyourself.

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(John 8:9-11)\xa0 At this, those who heard\nbegan to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was\nleft, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her,\n\u201cWoman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?\u201d\xa0 \u201cNo one,\nsir,\u201d she said. \u201cThen neither do I condemn you,\u201d Jesus\ndeclared. \u201cGo now and leave your life of sin.\u201d

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(Romans 8:1-2)\xa0 \u201cTherefore, there\nis now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through\nChrist Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and\ndeath.\u201d

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nForgive\nothers.

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(Matthew 6:14-15)\xa0 \u201cFor if you\nforgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive\nyou. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive\nyour sins.\u201d

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\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 (Matthew 18:21-22)\xa0 Then Peter came to\nJesus and asked, \u201cLord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he\nsins against me? Up to seven times?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cI tell you,\nnot seven times, but seventy-seven times.\u201d

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nForgive\nGod.

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(Jeremiah\n29:11-13)\xa0 \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the\nLORD, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope\nand a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will\nlisten to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your\nheart.\u201d

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(Psalm 145:13-14, 17-20) The LORD is\nfaithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. The LORD\nupholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down\u2026The LORD\nis righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The LORD is\nnear to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth\u2026he hears\ntheir cry and saves them. The LORD watches over all who love him\u2026

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\n\n\n\n\n\n(Philippians\n3:13-14)\xa0 \u201cBrothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of\nit. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is\nahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me\nheavenward in Christ Jesus.\u201d

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