Change or Remain

Big Idea: Change is never easy, but it’s always necessary if we want to grow

Mark 2:18-20 (NLT)

¹⁸ Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

¹⁹ Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them. ²⁰ But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:21-22 (NLT)

²¹ “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

²² “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”

When facing change…

1. Nothing changes until changes

“Dynamics of Change” by James Ryle

• • Healthy things grow
  • Growing things change
  • Change challenges us
  • Challenges force us to trust God
  • Trust leads to obedience
  • Obedience makes us grow

2. We can change we have to or we have to

Proverbs 27:12 (NLT)

“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”

Romans 2:4

“It’s the kindness of God that leads to repentance”

3. into the One who never changes

Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)

^“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

Question…

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

When facing change…

• Nothing changes until something changes
• We can change BEFORE we have to or BECAUSE we have to
• Lean into the One who never changes

Change is never easy, but it’s always necessary if we want to grow!