2 Cor 3:18 … are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. We can choose to embrace and pursue the process of change. Can’t stay babies, toddlers or infants. Change is a process.
Transformation = Metamorphosis. A complete change of form. Body-Soul-Spirit to Spirit-Soul-Body. Human being – spirit being – living being – godlike being.
Cocoon, cloud, wilderness. Crucible, furnace, fire, Altar. Heat often comes through situations, circumstances and relationships. Sister Rough and Brother Sandpaper. Things buried or covered up will come to the surface or into the light.
Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Sacrifice and surrender on the heavenly altars. By faith enter into the heavenly tabernacle in surrender. Jesus is our High Priest who prepares us as a sacrifice. Heb 10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus.
Sacrificial lamb was prepared by the high priest. Ex 29:16 And you shall kill the ram 17 And you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head, Slit its throat (dead) drained blood. Skinned it. Split it open washed its inner organs. Split open backbone to reveal the marrow. Chopped off its head. Cut off its legs.
Altars are where we yield to God. Brazen altar in the court through the way of the cross. Altar of incense in the Holy Place through the veil of truth. Protocols of entry as living sacrifices. Deny self – lose our life. Present ourselves for skinning.
Skin me. Remove all behavioral layers built up through: Trauma – experiential programming. Nurture – environmental programming. Nature – genetic DNA cell memory programming.
Psa 139:23 Search me thoroughly , O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Heart, thoughts, ways
Search – examine and show me. My sin and behaviors. Family sin and behaviors. Seed line sin and behaviors. My heart motives. What influences and directs my daily choices?
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Pathway and source of all self. Roots sourced from Satan’s trading – “I will ascend, I will be like God.”
Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; Soil of insecurity. Seeds of offence. Roots of bitterness. Fruit of resentment.
Soil- Heart insecure: lack of love, acceptance, affirmation, approval, encouragement. Seeds of Offences: things said or done or not said or done, sin. Roots Things you think or feel: responses, emotions, attitudes. Fruit Things you say or do: behavior
Heart- Soil of Insecurity.
Resulting from lack of: love, acceptance, affirmation, appreciation, affection, encouragement – identity.
Resulting from: what others said or didn’t say; what others did or didn’t do – sin.
Resulting from your responses: what you think; what you feel – attitudes, emotions, anger.
Resulting from your behavior: what you say, what you do.
Seek God’s counsel to evaluate patterns of thinking and behavior, Truth of motives. Mind, heart and will of God. Revelation about reactions or actions.
Father I thank you that You have made a way for me to access your heavenly presence. By faith I step in through the veil of Jesus through the way of the cross. I present myself to you, Jesus my high priest, in surrender as a living sacrifice.
I submit to the authority of the living word in my life. I step through the veil of truth into the Holy Place. I stand in the light of your truth. I ask you to search me. Reveal my blind self to me, show me the hidden motives of my heart.
I stand in the light of your truth. Show me the seeds of offense and sin that have taken root in my heart. I commit myself to forgiving and release all offenses in my life and my generational line.
Show me all roots of bitterness that have grown in my heart. I commit myself to a lifestyle of repentance against all negative roots. I repent of all negative emotions and attitudes rooted in my heart.
Show me all fruits of resentment that have developed in my behavior. I commit myself to a lifestyle of renunciation against all negative behaviors. I renounce all my defense and coping mechanisms. I renounce my sin as a way of life.
Give me revelation of my true identity as a son of God. Give me a heart secure in its identity. Renew my mind to the mind of Christ. Meet all my unmet needs in yourself. Heal all my unhealed hurts. Restore my soul.
I receive your unconditional love, acceptance, affirmation, approval. I stand transparent naked and unafraid before you. I hear you say, “I see you and I love you.” I receive your value, esteem and worth.
I choose to live a lifestyle of forgiveness, repentance and renunciation. I step back into this realm to walk in the ways of your kingdom. Manifest your glory through me on earth as it is in heaven, so I will fulfil my eternal destiny.