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Remodeling Your Life- God's Transforming Power

Jim Ayer

1- Celestial Plan

2- Born Again

3- Second Chances

4- Danger to Safety

5- Revival

6- View From Above

7- Heavenly-minded

8- Are You Tempted?

9- Becoming Fireproof

10- Faithful Abiding

11- Pressing Together

12- Becoming New

King David the murderer, Samson the philanderer, Peter the unconverted Christian, and the list goes on and on.

And examples outside the Bible, Well, there are many there also.

I'm talking about a second chance to board the bus bound for eternity.

You say you're already on it, but are you sure about that?

It's time to join your guide, Jim Ayer, for an exciting 12-episode journey into remodeling your life.

You're going to discover that God's transforming power is real, and He's ready to provide that power to you.

Now here's your guide, Jim Ayer, to take you on the journey of a lifetime, an amazing and dynamic experience with God.

You know, I was a thief, an alcoholic, and a drug dealer when God reached into my heart and spoke to me.

I became a Christian, But then I quit studying and taking time with God, spending quality time with Him.

But our spiritual divorce was not finalized, so I continued to play church for years.

I was sitting in the church pew, listening to the preacher, when a flash of conviction hit me.

I realized that I was eternally lost unless I made a drastic change in my relationship with God.

God asked me if I wanted to join Him on the journey of a lifetime.

God's question really hit me, and I needed to give an answer.

Should I stay where I was or go with God?

Do I continue placing all of my time and energy into amassing money, houses, toys, and success, or do I begin placing God on the top of my priority list?

♪♪ Moses had been going toe-to-toe with the pharaoh of Egypt, and finally Pharaoh said, "'I will let you go so that you may sacrifice to Jehovah, your God, in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away.'" not go very far away?

That's actually the difference between freedom and bondage.

You can be a slave to the things of this world by holding on to the fancy car, the boat, the motorcycle, and at the same time attempt to reach out and grasp at the heavenly prize.

I'm sure you considered very strange to see an athlete carrying a suitcase all the way around the racetrack trying to win a race, attempting to reach the finish line.

But many Christians are trying to do the same thing in spiritual matters.

Are you trying to keep your feet in both worlds and not travel too far toward God?

The most precious gift in the universe can be ours for the asking, no matter how degenerate we have become.

We merely need to raise our eyes heavenward, focus on the things of eternity, the things that really matter.

Satan is always very happy to let us play church as long as we don't get too serious about it, or especially the God of the church.

Because the word church simply means those called out of the world by God to head in a new direction, to enjoy an unbroken friendship with Him.

You see, the devil says, hey, look, it's okay to look like a Christian and even attend church, But don't go too far.

There's no reason to go overboard with this God thing.

Beside, you don't want anyone thinking you're a radical, do you?

You see, Satan never gets worried when We're always making plans to leave Egypt, but we never actually do it.

Please understand, life begins when we are freed from sin and slavery.

The only way to be free is to point our eyes toward God, to make a commitment to Him and move our feet.

We can't afford to pause for a moment and look back toward the old life in Egypt, the old life of sin, but that's exactly what I did.

You see, God called me out of unbelievable darkness And when he called me from the darkness to light, I mean, I was so excited.

I began spending so much time studying my Bible, so much time in prayer.

I would go out early in the morning under a tree and pray to God maybe for an hour or so.

But then along the way, I began looking at things of the world.

I got into the top 4% of all of Coldwell Banker agents in all of North America.

I was doing everything that people would say, oh wow, you're so successful.

I had my motorcycle, I had all the cars, I had property, real estate, lands.

The congressmen, the senators, I was rubbing shoulders with them on a regular basis.

As the world looks at success, I was very, very successful.

And I was in church, I was dressed nicely.

Matter of fact, I was going to places preaching all the time but you see, something had happened.

There was a real difference because I was preaching without the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matter of fact, my study time was almost non-existent anymore, but I looked the part.

I did everything just the way I was supposed to.

As I traveled to places and I talked about Jesus Christ, like why no 1 would probably know the difference unless you were someone sitting in the pew and you had that converted heart, you had totally left Egypt, you had your own experience with Jesus Christ, and you'd be able to tell.

But I doubt in my own mind that there was a lot of people who could tell, because unfortunately, even today, there are many people who do not have that experience with Jesus Christ, who do not spend that time on their knees in prayer and study with Jesus.

1 day, sitting in the church pew, all of a sudden the Lord said, Jim, the Holy Spirit is going to be poured out all around you.

You're never going to recognize it or receive it, however.

I talked with a friend of mine, orthopedic surgeon.

He was having the same problems that I was having.

We said, well, let's get together on a Friday evening.

He had gotten ahold of a Bible study that we had to commit to spend about 45 minutes every day in prayer and study.

And I looked at that and I thought I'm too important for that.

Everybody else signed, but I didn't sign it.

Toward the end of the evening, they plugged in a video, and I began watching, and that preacher was preaching just to me.

He said, Jim, You've piled up so much stuff in front of your door, if God does call you to go on mission for him, you'll never be able to get to the door to even answer the call.

I hurried up, I wiped my eyes, and they turned the lights on, the video was over, everybody began walking out the door, and I still had in my hand that guide.

And I'm looking at that guide thinking, what do I do, what do I do?

And finally, at the very end, I signed my name.

And I tell you, it was the most exciting second chance.

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