That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. I mentioned some ways that change is good. I want to expand on the benefits of change in the sermon Sunday, The Unexpected Friend Called Change. Also, I want to point out how changes we might call good change would benefit our congregation. Last week I talked about good change as those times when God was in our lives during some time of trial or despair changing us from brokenness to wholeness, from darkness to light or from death to life.
Some people are suspicious of change.
They are afraid that what is being recommended if it s different from what they have always believed. They fear that the change is the work of the devil or its being recommended by someone who doesn t know the congregation that well. These suspicions bring closed hearts and people miss the ways that God can bring blessings in ways that we don t expect. We see that in Acts when people were in despair and God brought healing and life through Peter. We rejoice in the reaffirmation of faith of Mrs. Dorothy Knox.