This Life Is A Series Of Required SHIFTS:
SHIFT Examples 1, Human:
Bouncing Baby Boy--> Growing Boy--> Teenage Boy---> Grown / Manhood / 21--> REAL Man--> Courtship(s)--> Marriage(s)--> Fatherhood--> Grandfather---> Senior Man---> Death--> HEAVEN!
SHIFT Examples 2:
1. Educational
2. Emotional
3. Sports (Kenny Payne!)
4. Technology
5. Political
6. Professional
7. Religious
8. Spiritual - Born again, Holy Ghost Spirit Filled Believer in Jesus The Christ. SHIFT!
SHIFT Example 3: Part of My Life SHIFTS With Automobiles
1969 VW Beetle: Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, Relax, SHIFT!
1972 Pontiac GTO (4 Speed): Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, Hold On, SHIFT!
1977 Nissan / Datsun 280 Z 2+2: Shout Hallelujah, Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, Hold On, Shut Up - SHIFT!
1985 Mercedes Benz: Calm Down, Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, Shut Up - SHIFT!
2009 Jaguar ST: SHIFT, Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, Shut Up - SHIFT AGAIN!
2014 Mercedes Benz: Celebrating Some of God's Blessings, Get In, Sit Down, Buckle Up, , Chill, Sing - SHIFT!
Biblical Definition of SHIFT:
A divine shift is a supernatural move from one place to another; a slight change in position or direction.
The supernatural act of putting one thing in the place of another or changing the place of a person or thing.
Old Testament Shift:
Deuteronomy 30:19–20 (NLT): Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses.
Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
20 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.
And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” SHIFT!!
New Testament Shift:
Romans 12:1 (NKJV): I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (SHIFT), that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1 (NLT): And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
A Few Bonus SHIFTS:
Luke 4:1 NKJV
Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Acts 2:4 NKJV
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 4:31 NKJV
And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 9:17 NKJV
And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 13:52 NKJV
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 6:8–11 (NKJV): 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
Necessary SHIFTS:
1. Acts 2:4 (entire chapter) of the Holy Spirit (with evidence of speaking in tongues)
2. Ephesians 2:10: Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Know Who You Are In Christ
3. Philippians 3:20-21 (NKJV) 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
Know Your Authority
4. Ephesians 1:16-20 Prayer of Paul
5. Ephesians 3:14-19
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