July 15, 2012: Volume 1, Number 18
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August 24, 2012
30 60 100 MINISTRIES, INC.
Board of Directors meeting
Albuquerque, NM
September 2, 2012
Vista Grande Church
Sandia Park, NM
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Innie or Outie? We're not talking about belly buttons. Rather, where do you experience the most change -- inwardly or outwardly? If you are most apt to undertake outward change, you're among the majority. Inward change is more difficult, elusive -- and powerful. It involves transformation.  In this issue of The Cultivator, we continue our "-ATION" Series (articles that feature a word containing "-ATION") -- with Transformation: Why the Caterpillar Fights His Way Out of the Bag.As summer progresses, make sure you nurture your spiritual health. Combine time away from your routine with time renewing your walk with God. Keep growing!
 
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 Feature: WHY THE CATERPILLAR FIGHTS HIS WAY OUT OF THE BAG
TRANSFORMATION: Second in a 3-Part "-ATION" Series |
80% of church growth comes from transfers, not conversions. In other words, large numbers of people are not experiencing transformation. They simply change locations.
Leaders say they want true transformation for their people. It's easy to spot because it has a lasting impact. Yet leaders wonder why true transformation appears to be so elusive.
Outward task versus inward change
The advertising world helps us understand what drives true transformation. Read these recent ad tag lines:
"Follow this diet to lose 30 pounds in 20 days!"
"Brush with this toothpaste and your teeth will be twice as white."
"Invest in this mutual fund and you will have financial security in retirement."
The ads don't ask you to change your heart or your feelings (make an internal change.) Rather, they simply ask you to use a product - or in other words, undertake a temporary action (conduct an outward task.)
In contrast, biblical transformation involves a one-way and irrevocable inward change that starts in a person's heart.
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Photo: Activate Church Files
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Transformation is a process
Consider the caterpillar. He is so anxious for a new life that he is willing to climb up a tree, cover up in a self-made sleeping bag, stay for awhile, and then fight like crazy to get out. Afterwards he looks and functions completely differently. The caterpillar undergoes a process. Now he is fundamentally different - transformed.
But he can never go back to being a caterpillar.
2 Corinthians 3:18 says, "We are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord."
The verse points out how transformation is an ongoing process, not a one-time task. Change comes not in an outward action to be checked off a to-do list, but rather as an outcome of an inner heart walking with God.
Transformation is not elusive. It is simply rare ... and tremendously valuable. When people see genuine inward heart change modeled in their leaders (rather than a superficial, temporary change), they are willing to be transformed.
The caterpillar has to fight is way out of the cocoon. We do, too.
Growth Point
Transformation is an inward process, not a one-time external task.
Scripture
We are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord. (2 Corinthians 3:18, NIV)
Prayer Points- List 2-3 transformational experiences you have had thus far in your life. What motivated the change?
- Why might it be tempting to think of transformation as a "task" rather than a "process"?
- In what area of your life can you model transformation for those you lead?
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