Romans 12:2 'Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind… ' • The of a choice is still a . 1 Samuel 8:7 ‘And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.’ 1 Samuel 16:1 ‘The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”’ • Change is often followed with . 1 Samuel 16:2 “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ Matthew 28:18-20 ‘And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”’ • Change is , but transformation is . • Take the with your seasonal change. Ecclesiastes 3:1 'For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: ' 5 t’s , , , , 1 Samuel 16:6-7 ‘When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord ’s anointed is before him.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”’ • Transformational change can only happen . • Change has to be a . 1 Samuel 16:11-12 'Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”