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INWARD TRANSFORMATION

should become established in the Bible doctrines
concerning God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, sin,
salvation, our eternal destiny, and so on. Jesus is the
foundation. We come to the Father by the Holy Spirit
through Christ. We build on that foundation with
instruction in line with these fundamental truths.
That is Doctrinal Truth.
In this book, I want to look at another dimension
of living by the Truth in our daily lives. We can
believe in Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit, and
even understand doctrine pretty well, and still not
live a transformed life. Even with all of that going for
us, the world might still yet overly influence us.
Believing on Christ for salvation gets us ready for
Heaven, but it doesn’t automatically prepare us for
life here on Earth. For this, we need the promised
inward transformation that is available to us by the
renewing of our minds by the Word and the Holy
Spirit.
Truth is every Word that comes from God. Our
lives must affirm the Truth every moment. We must
train our minds to listen to God rather than the
world. However, we are bombarded every day by lies.
Our enemies, the devil, the world, and the flesh
continually promote lies. The Spirit of Truth and the
Word of Truth anchor us to the true reality (Jesus).
This book is a simple devotional designed to
encourage the reader to accept the appeal for
transformation through a renewed mind by
deliberately affirming the Truth over everything else
and learning to practice it in everyday life. All inward
transformation results in outward manifestation.
Every believer must receive this call for change
and cooperate with the Holy Spirit to possess it for
themselves. It will not happen without our
cooperation with the Holy Spirit and submission to
God’s Word. You can do it if you will commit to it. A
better life awaits you. The inward transformation

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