BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN

MANAGING CHANGE
 Proverbs 18:15

“The heart of the discerning acquires

knowledge,
for the ears of the wise seek it out.”
Why is it CHANGE is not a
pleasant word for the
majority?
 According to the Bible, there are evident
reasons:

a) Sin
 Romans 3:23

“23
for all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God,”
 According to the Bible, there are evident
reasons:

a) Sin
b) Hostility
 Romans 8:7

“And so people become enemies of

God when they are controlled by
their human nature; for they do not
obey God’s law, and in fact they
cannot obey it.”
 According to the Bible, there are evident
reasons:

a) Sin
b) Hostility
c) Corrupted Heart
 Jeremiah 17:9

“Who can understand the

human heart? There is nothing
else so deceitful; it is too sick
to be healed.”
 According to the Bible, there are evident
reasons:

a) Sin
b) Hostility
c) Corrupted Heart
d) Loves darkness
 John 3:19

“This is how the judgment works:

the light has come into the world,
but people love the darkness
rather than the light, because
their deeds are evil.”
 1 Corinthians 2:14

“Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot

receive the gifts that come from God’s
Spirit. Such a person really does not
understand them, and they seem to be
nonsense, because their value can be
judged only on a spiritual basis.”
 We are in need of God’s regeneration
to conform us to love the things of God

Titus 3:5
“He saved us. It was not because of any good
deeds that we ourselves had done, but
because of His own mercy that he saved us,
through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new
birth and new life by washing us.”
A.Change comes from God
B.We need to embrace change rather
that despite it
 2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ He

is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come!”
 What are the
negative attitudes in me
that need to be
surrendered to God?