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b'When you know someone well, you generally know how they will act: your dog is going to eat any food that hits the floor, your teacher will stand in front of the class to teach, etc. But what if your teacher started doing handstands in front of the class? Or your dog started wearing tap shoes and a top hat? That would be pretty strange, right?\\nIn Exodus 34, there was something strange about Moses. His face literally glowed! Verse 29 tells us this happened to Moses \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153because he had spoken with the Lord.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Speaking with God\\u2014having a real encounter with Him\\u2014made Moses seem weird to his friends and family.\\nWhen Jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave, He changed everything. As Christians, we are now saved from the power of sin. This good news changes us! We might not have glowing faces like Moses did, but we will become more like Christ as we get to know our Savior. We will start loving others better, being kind to those who aren\\u2019t kind to us, speaking truth instead of lies, and glorifying God in all areas of our lives.\\nMoses had to cover his glowing face, but Paul says, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153We all\\u2026with unveiled faces\\u2026are being transformed into his [Jesus\\u2019] image\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (2 Corinthians 3:18). In other words, as Christians, we don\\u2019t want to hide the things God is doing in our lives because we want others to know what we have in Jesus.\\nWe might be afraid it will change our friendships or our status, but all of that is worth the love and peace we find in Jesus. Being like Jesus will sometimes mean we seem as strange as a dog who regularly dons tap shoes and a top hat!\\nAs Christians, we find comfort in 1 Peter 3:14: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d We have a relationship with Jesus, our Hope, who is with us always. Pray God will grant you courage to be more like Christ, even if it means people will notice.\\n\\u2022 Have your friends ever told you that you\\u2019re weird or that what you were doing wasn\\u2019t normal? What made you so different to them? \\n\\u2022 Why does following Jesus mean we will sometimes seem very different to those who don\\u2019t know Him? \\nAnd we all\\u2026are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nExodus 34:29-35'