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TRANS-
FORMATION
THROUGH PAIN
How God Uses Your
Setbacks and Sufferings
to Transform You Into
Someone Beautiful
ALBERT ELISHA OBERDORFER
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A collection of short reflections on the
topic of healing, restoration, and hope.

I pray that the revelation on these pages
may lead you into an encounter with Him.
The God of healing.
Restoration.
And hope.
So that you may know that whatever is sent
against you to harm you, God will use it as
a catalyst for good.
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THE GOD WHO
RESTORES.
IN SCRIPTURE, God is always someone
who takes what is broken and creates
something beautiful.
He does it because that is who He is.
He is the restorer.
The healer.
He is the healing balm of Gilead.
When we look at the footsteps of Jesus in
the Bible, we see that He left behind a trail
of healings.
He met the broken where they were at and
restored them to wholeness.
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In Scripture,
God always
takes what
is broken
and creates
something
beautiful
from it.
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In Christ, God
took broken
humanity and
re-created a
new creation.
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Now—if
you are in
Christ—
whatever is
sent against
you to
destroy you,
God will use
as a catalyst
for good.
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CONTENTS
THE GOD WHO RESTORES. 5
1 FAILURE IS NOT THE END. 15
2 JESUS CAME FOR THE SICK AND
NEEDY. 19
3 THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR
ABRAHAM. 25
4 JESUS HAD JUDAS ON THE TEAM. 35
5 “JESUS, PAINT SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL.” 39
6 WOUNDS THAT BRING HEALING. 43
7 DEATH THAT BRINGS LIFE. 49
8 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PAIN. 53
9 JESUS, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 61
10 CONFORMED UNTO HIS DEATH. 65
11 GOD IS WORKING IN YOU. 69
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12 THE GOD OF HOPE. 73
13 WHEN THINGS GO CONTRARY TO
YOUR PLAN. 77
14 RESILIENCE. 81
15 GOD IS GOOD. 85
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“Into the darkness, You shine.
Out of the ashes, we rise.
There’s no one like You, none
like You. Our God is greater,
our God is stronger. God, You
are higher than any other. Our
God is healer, awesome in
power. Our God, our God.” 1

1 FAILURE IS NOT THE
END.
IN ZIKLAG, in 1 Samuel chapter 30,
David is a broken man.
He is at the end of himself.
He has made a foolish decision.
He has left the camp without installing
any of the men to defend it.
In the meantime, the Amalekites have
raided the place and taken captive all
women and children.
David and his company return in time
to see the remnants of the place go up in
flames.
Then all of David’s men turn against him.
They start to speak of stoning him.
Because it was clearly David’s fault.
He is in charge.
He is the decision-maker.
So what does David do?
Give up?
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“The lion of the tribe of Judah ... has conquered.”
(Revelation 5:5)

He does what He must have remembered
to do.
[1 Samuel 30:6]
But David encouraged himself in the
Yahweh his God.
Then, the Lord instructs David to go after
the Philistines.
David does it and recovers all.
So not everything that may happen to us in
life is pleasant.
And sometimes we are the ones to blame.
Yet, we should never give up.
If we don’t quit, we win.
As Heidi Baker often says.
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Jesus came for the needy.
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It’s all about the mindset.

2 JESUS CAME FOR
THE SICK AND NEEDY.
THOSE ARE Jesus’ own words:
[Mark 2:17]
They that are whole have no need of
the physician, but they that are sick:
I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
People who are healthy do not look for a
doctor.
The fact is that because of Adam—because
of the Fall—all humanity is sick.
It is not because of anything that people
have done.
It is because of what Adam has done.
And now people are just suffering the
consequences of the Fall.
All are sick and broken.
Alienated from God.
This is why all need a healer.
No matter who they are.
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But unless a person has come to the place
to recognize that, that person will not look
for a healer.
This is what Jesus meant when he said,
[Mark 2:17]
I came not to call the righteous ...
He meant the self-righteous.
Because there is no one that is righteous.
No one.
When Jesus said this, he spoke to the
Pharisees. They were just as in need of a
healer than any others.
Like prostitutes and tax collectors.
It’s just that the prostitutes and tax collectors
more readily knew that they needed help.
The Pharisees didn’t know it.
But in fact, they needed just as much help
as anybody else.
There is no one who is better than others.
Or worse than others.
All are affected by the Fall. All are recipients
of a bad inheritance through Adam.
That is why all need Jesus. So that they can
receive a new inheritance.
Look at Nicodemus and how he reacted
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when Jesus told him that he needed to be
born again. Was he serious when he said,
[John 3:4]
“How can a man be born again when
he is old? Can he enter a second time
into his mother’s womb and be born?”
It must have astonished him that Jesus was
talking about being born again to enter the
Kingdom of God.
When we are talking about birth, we are
talking about inheritance.
We are talking about family.
We are talking about a different system.
Not the system of ‘Do good, get good; do
bad, get bad,’ but a system of receiving
inheritance.
That has something to do with a relationship.
So all are in need of Jesus.
All are in need of a savior.
Not just people who are considered ‘bad
people.’
Everyone needs Him.
Because Adam brought us out of
relationship with God.
That’s why all need Jesus.
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Our God is a God who raises the dead.

3 THERE WAS NO HOPE
FOR ABRAHAM.
IMAGINE Abraham.
Imagine how humiliated he would have felt
at times.
Having no offspring.
Yet, He had encounters with God that
enabled him to persevere.
Even to grow.
Amazingly, through all this period of testing,
[Romans 4:20]
Abraham grew strong in faith ...
To the point that he worshipped.
[Romans 4:20]
Abraham grew strong in faith, giving
glory to God.
In the natural, there was no hope for
Abraham.
Yet, God proved himself to be faithful.
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[Romans 4:17]
God, who quickeneth the dead, and
calleth those things which are not as
though they were.
We can learn much from Abraham.
He is even called the father of faith of those
who believe.
Did Abraham grow without trials and
testings?
Was it all smooth sailing?
If not, what can we learn from Abraham?
How can we be like him?
So that in spite of our trials, we can grow.
What if we see our trials as stepping stones?
What if we see our trials as updrafts that
can carry us higher in the realms of the
Spirit?
This is what most believers will
acknowledge.
That trials are meant to improve us.
To strengthen us.
James, the apostle, even goes a step further.
He says, “Rejoice when you are being
tested!”
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“That’s a good thing for you!”
In James’ words,
[James 1:2-3]
1 Count it all joy when you fall into
various trials,
2 Knowing that the testing of your faith
produces patience.
Graham Cooke puts it like this in an
imaginary phone call with a friend. 2
“So when you get a problem, you call your
best friend.
Hey John, it’s Graham. How’s it going?
...
Hahaha. Did you see the game last night?
Man, how many times are they going to
pull that game out of the fire in the last two
minutes?
...
I tell you ... Supporting this team ... I need
a bigger heart. I need a heart like an
elephant.
My heart was like pounding in my chest ...
---
I know ...
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“Guess what? I’m having this huge problem ...
HAHAHA ... HAHAHA ... HAHAHA... HAHAHA ...
HAHAHA ... HAHAHA!”

Yes, that’s cool.
Hey, listen! I’m calling you because I got a
problem.
...
Yeah, I’m really excited.
...
Yeah.
It came this morning.
Yeah. No, it’s cool.
It looks pretty big.
I’m thinking, man, if I’m careful, I could
keep this around for two-three months.
...
I knew something was up because the Holy
Spirit came early.
And you know what He is like. Mr.
Enthusiasm, hey.
He was like bouncing ...
So I knew something was up.
Then this problem came.
And it’s like, ‘Man!’
It’s big.
...
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No, I haven’t opened it yet.
I’ve been too busy manifesting.
...
Yes. I’m looking at it, and I’m thinking,
‘O-M-G!’
If the problem is that big, how much bigger
is the promise.
I haven’t even opened it yet.
I’m just ... I’m beside myself.
I’m like, here I am, and there I am. And we
are both manifesting.
...
Yeah. [laughing]
So, anyway, how are you doing?
....
You haven’t got a problem?
Well, hang in there, man.
One is bound to come, right?
...
I mean, God is faithful.
You are bound to get one!
Yes, just hang in there and believe, man.
Something good is gonna happen.
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...
Hey, bud, listen, do you want to share this
one with me?
...
No, it be cool.
But hey, listen, dude, when you get a
problem, I’ll be expecting a phone call,
right?
...
Just saying.
...
Ok, cool.
So, how soon can you get here?
40 minutes.
Brilliant.
Hey, are you passing St. Arbucks? Could
you get me a coffee?
...
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Manipulation is a form of
witchcraft. God always
works in our hearts first
to “will,” and then “to
do.” Not the other way
around.

4 JESUS HAD JUDAS
ON THE TEAM.
THIS IS an amazing truth.
Jesus had Judas on His team, even though
he knew what Judas eventually would do.
This is quite a mystery.
Did Jesus still give Judas a chance, even
though in His foresight, He knew how
Judas would react?
One thing we can learn from Jesus is that
Jesus was always interested in winning
people’s hearts.
God wants our hearts before he wants our
obedience.
Worship is only pleasing to Him if it comes
from the heart.
That’s why God has to make us worshippers
first before we can worship him.
He needs to circumcise our hearts first.
So that we then become true worshippers.
And then we can worship Him in Spirit and
in truth.
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In the Kingdom of God, it is all about the posture
of the heart.

Unless He makes us be worshippers first,
we cannot worship Him, as He desires to
be worshipped.
So what was Judas’ motivation?
Why was he following Jesus?
Was Jesus giving him a chance by allowing
him on the team to experience a change of
heart?
But did Judas’ not open himself up to allow
Jesus to work on His heart?
It is interesting that Jesus allowed Judas on
the team.
It tells us something about the heart of
Jesus.
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When God uses us, He creates something beautiful.

5 “JESUS, PAINT
SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL.”
THIS IS Heidi Baker’s prayer.
She says it often,
“Lord, take my little life like a paintbrush.
And paint something beautiful.”
When you see some of the hardships that
she and her husband Rolland Baker had to
go through, you would be amazed.
And when you see how the Lord has been
working through their lives, you would be
amazed as well.
It comes down to this.
God is faithful.
He works in us to will and to do of His
good pleasure.
It is not about a man.
It is all about Jesus and His work in us.
So that no man might boast in man.
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“Remember the poor.”

Heidi and Rolland Baker would be the first
to acknowledge this.
And the evidence of God in their lives and
the ministry of IRIS globally attests to this.
Millions of hungry are being fed.
Multitudes are being restored to dignity
and hope.
Multitudes of orphans are finding homes.
Tens of thousands of churches that become
centers of life in their communities spring
up in the most unlikely and dry places.
And thousands upon thousands find Jesus,
the giver of eternal life.
Praise the Lord!
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By His wounds we are healed.

6 WOUNDS THAT BRING
HEALING.
CHRIST’S WOUNDS bring healing to us.
[Isaiah 53:5]
He was wounded for our
transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was
upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
Isaiah recorded this wonderful prophecy
about Jesus hundreds of years before Jesus
came.
Peter, the apostle, looking back, could say,
[1 Peter 2:24]
By His stripes we WERE healed.
Jesus’ suffering was substitutionary.
It was for us.
He suffered in our place.
So that we do not need to suffer.
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In Christ Jesus, we were re-created as a new
creation. We are a new species—a new type—of
mankind.

The just for the unjust that He might bring
us to God.
This was Peter’s revelation.
He wrote,
[1 Peter 3:18]
Christ also suffered once for sins, the
just for the unjust [=us] that He might
bring us to God.
So, once we are in Christ, we need to keep
looking at Jesus’ substitutionary suffering
for us.
He suffered that we do not need to suffer.
That is why we should not say, “I am sick.”
In Christ, we are the healed.
Isaiah says,
[Isaiah 33:24]
And the inhabitant of Zion will not say,
“I am sick.
What do we do then when we are facing
symptoms of a disease?
We may acknowledge the symptoms, but
still, we are not ‘the sick.’
We are the healed.
We see this principle in the bible.
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“Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph
in Christ, and through us difuses the fragrance of His
knowledge in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14)

God called Abraham, a Father of many
nations long before Abraham ever had any
children.
So this is the word of faith that we speak.
[1 Peter 2:24]
By His stripes we WERE healed.
What then about the sufferings and
hardships that we will need to undergo as
believers.
Should we reject them, then?
They serve a different purpose.
They serve to bring us to the end of
ourselves so that we more and more trust
in God’s ability and lose trust in our own
ability.
So that we learn to trust in
[Romans 4:17]
God, who gives life to the dead and
calls those things which do not exist as
though they did.
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Jesus died for us so we may share in His divine
(Zoe) life.

7 DEATH THAT BRINGS
LIFE.
CHRIST WILLINGLY gave up His life so
that we might share in it.
Willingly.
See how He loved us!
He gave up Zoe -life.
This is not natural life.
This is divine life.
God’s own life.
So as we grow up in Him, we get to
experience more and more of His Zoe life
glowing through us.
Ideally, we ought to do all things
empowered by His Zoe life.
Then, it is He who is working through us.
But, of course, this is a process.
We do not get there in a day.
There is a learning process involved.
In which we learn to live by the indwelling
life of Christ.
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Jesus lives through us.

Paul puts it this way.
He says,
[Galatians 5:25]
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
The more we walk in the Spirit, the more
we live by the indwelling life of Christ, the
more we see the Zoe life of God at work in
our lives.
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Before a breakthrough, sometimes there is a
breakdown.

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THROUGH PAIN.
PAUL UNDERSTOOD this by revelation.
That pain can bring transformation.
Paul says,
[2 Corinthians 12:10]
I take pleasure in infirmities.
In reproaches.
In necessities.
[Meaning when he lacked something.]
In distresses.
[Meaning when he was distressed
about something.]
In persecutions.
In distresses.
For Christ’s sake.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
When we hear this, our natural reaction this
may be, “What kind of mindset is this?
“Has Paul lost it?”
No.
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Paul understood transformation.
He was contending for the presence of
God to rest upon him.
Not just visit.
But rest.
That’s why he says,
[2 Corinthians 12:9]
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me.
So when does the glory of God rest upon
us, then?
When we have a revelation of His grace.
When we understand by revelation that it
is by His grace.
That it is not by human effort.
Zechariah put it this way,
[Zechariah 4:6]
Not by might, nor by power, but by my
Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah must have had his own share of
transformation, too.
Transformation for his own good.
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So that he could then say,
[Zechariah 4:6]
Not by might, nor by power, but by my
Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
And when Zechariah said it, then the Spirit
of God was present to confirm Zephania’s
word.
There was an explosion of Holy Spirit
power.
Because the word of God on Zechariah’s
lips had become as powerful as the word
of God on God’s lips.
So when Zechariah spoke it, it released
Holy Spirit power.
But for God’s word to become a word
that Zechariah could speak, and when
Zechariah spoke it, it released the power
of God, God had to transform Zechariah
first.
In the same way, God has to transform us
as well.
So that when we speak the word of God—
the word of God that has become us—it
will release the power of God.
God will back it up.
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God is committed to our transformation.

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Jesus is the giver of the water of life.

9 JESUS, YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL.
JESUS’ FOOTSTEPS are marked by a
Spirit of wisdom, power, and love.
He leaves behind a trail of His presence
that is marked by goodness.
It is the opposite of the trail of a hurricane
that is marked by destruction.
Wherever Jesus has been, he leaves behind
a trail of His goodness.
Evidence that He has been at work.
He is the healer.
The restorer.
The savior.
The One who gives life.
Hope.
He restores dreams.
Dignity.
He bears all things.
He never leaves us nor forsakes us.
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He is faithful.
Who cannot but begin to give thanks to
Him?
Who cannot but begin to praise Him?
For His great love for us.
For His great goodness.
His merciful kindness.
In Hebrew the word for merciful kindness
is ‘hazed.’
His ‘hazed’ endures forever. (Psalm 136)
He is beautiful.
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Jesus is the restorer of broken dreams.
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Like a butterfly, we undergo a process of
transformation.

10 CONFORMED UNTO
HIS DEATH.
PAUL OFTEN talks about it.
Something that seems to be contradictory.
He says to the Corinthians,
[2 Corinthians 4:12]
So then, death is working in us, but life
in you.
Or he would say in the letter to the
Philippians,
[Philippians 3:10]
... that I may know Him and the power
of His resurrection, and the fellowship
of His sufferings, being conformed unto
His death ...
Somewhere else, he says,
I day daily.
Why this emphasis on death?
[1 Corinthians 15:31]
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It’s because when Jesus gave up His life
and identified with us on the cross, He did
it so that we might share in His Zoe life.
In His divine life.
A life that is energized by the Spirit of
God.
The Spirit of life. (Romans 8:2)
But when we are born again, we do not yet
get automatically get transformed in our
thinking.
We start a process.
In this process, we learn more and more to
live by His divine life.
If we allow the word of God to work in us,
and begin to have encounters with God,
we are being transformed.
Our natural life decreases, and His Zoe
life in us increases.
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Different plants need different environments to
grow.

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YOU.
GOD IS faithful.
He is faithfully at work in us.
So, even when things may seem to go
against our plans, he is still faithful.
And even if we may not be 100% faithful
to Him, he is still 100% faithful to us.
Paul puts it like that,
[2 Timothy 2:13]
If we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny himself.
This means that He is still working in us.
Even when things do not look like it.
[Philippians 2:13]
It is God who works in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure.
He knows us.
So he places us in the right environment in
which we can grow.
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Different plants need different environments
to grow.
Not everybody is the same.
So, God in His faithfulness, will place us in
the right environment.
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He loves us.

12 THE GOD OF HOPE.
[Romans 15:13]
NOW MAY the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace in believing that
you may abound in hope by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
Hope restores our vision.
If we are not hopeful about the future, we
cannot see well spiritually.
Our spiritual perception is clouded by a
spirit of gloom.
Bill Johnson calls it a ‘foreboding spirit.’
Depression falls into the same category.
It is caused by a spirit.
In other words, there is a spiritual force
behind it.
That is why it is so important that we have
encounters with the God of hope.
When that happens, our vision comes back.
Memory stones can help us in that process.
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When we remember what the Lord has
done in the past, we become hopeful for
the future.
We become hopeful about our present
situation.
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13 WHEN THINGS GO
CONTRARY TO YOUR
PLAN.
WHEN WE are facing adverse
circumstances in our lives, we need to
remember this.
What happened to Joseph was not because
he had done anything wrong.
What happened to Moses as a baby was
not because he had done anything wrong.
It happened because they both had a great
destiny in their lives.
Which made the devil nervous.
But what the enemy meant for evil, God
turned for good.
Even though it was involuntarily, Joseph
was being placed in a training for reigning
program.
First, as a slave in the house of Potiphar.
And then in the prison of Pharao.
On the way, he passed a few tests.
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“Little baby, little push. Big baby, big push.”

The purity test, for example.
But the point is this.
When things go contrary to your plan, and
the enemy tries his best to oppose you, it is
because you have a big destiny.
To fulfill your destiny, you need much
transformation.
So when adverse circumstances come into
your life, they enable you to grow.
They enable you to become an overcomer.
YOU ARE CALLED TO BE AN
OVERCOMER.
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You do not become a dancer like this over night.
It involves a process.
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14 RESILIENCE.
THIS IS a most helpful quality.
Resilience.
It is forged in the fires of adversity.
Another word for it is perseverance.
Or patience.
We learn it by facing opposition and then
overcoming it.
Which does sometimes takes time.
That is why James encourages us not to
give up quickly.
He says,
[James 1:4]
But LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS
PERFECT WORK, that you may be
perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
We sometimes may be tempted to find a
quick way out of the problem.
But that may not necessarily always be
God’s will.
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These guys know how to keep going
and going and going.

He desires that we are being transformed in
the process.
So while we may be looking for quick
deliverance—a quick way out of the
problem—He is interested in our
transformation.
He is interested that we are being
transformed in the process of overcoming
the problem.
And grow in resilience.
Heidi Baker puts it like this.
And she says it often.
“If you do not quit, you win.”
Our walk of faith is not a sprint run.
It is instead an endurance run.
We learn to run with patience.
The writer of Hebrews puts it like this,
[Hebrews 12:1]
... let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us ...
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“God is light, and in Him is no darkness
at all.” (1 John 1:5)
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15 GOD IS GOOD.
THIS IS the cornerstone of all good
theology.
God is good.
All the time.
So, if God has called you, He will see you
through.
Whatever you are going through.
Whatever situation you are in.
Paul puts it this way,
[Romans 8:28-32]
28 And we know that all things work
together for good to those who are the
called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also
predestined to be conformed to the
image of His Son, that He might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover, whom He predestined,
these He also called; whom He called,
these He also justified; and whom He
justified, these He also glorified.
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31 What shall we say to these things? If
God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son,
but delivered Him up for us all, how
shall He not with Him also freely give
us all things?
And so on.
If we read this, we cannot but feel
encouraged.
We cannot but feel uplifted.
We cannot but have hope for the future.
So we may find the strength to overcome.
Praise the Lord!
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Receive the Holy Spirit
Today—as in the Book
of Acts
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HOLY SPIRIT
ACCOUNTANT
AND THEY ALL
BEGAN TO SPEAK
IN OTHER TONGUES
18 Exiting
Personal
Testimonies of
How Believers
Received the
Holy Spirit
Like in Acts
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"And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
Speaking in Tongues Is an
Accompanying Sign, It Is
Supernatural, and It Is for
All— Yes, You Too!
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DO ALL
SPEAK IN
TONGUES?
"I thank my God, I speak in tongues more than you all."
- Paul, the apostle
SPEAKING
IN TONGUES
“He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself.”
Yes and No
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The Gateway to the
Supernatural
The Gateway to the Supernatural
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WHAT REALLY
IS THE GOSPEL?
GETTING
SALVATION
RIGHT
The Gospel You Need to Preach
to See Real Conversions
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IT’S ADAM’S
YOUR
FAULT
The Gospel You Need to
Preach So That People
Will Want to Listen to You
and Not Run Away
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What Do You Say and Do
When You Bring People
to the Lord?
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The Goodness of God
Leads to Repentance
JOYFUL
CHANGE
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YOU HAVE
HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
BEWARE
OF DOGS!
A Revelation That Will
Flood Your Life With God’s
Peace and Joy
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Paul’s Astonishing
Revelation in Philippians 3
That Will Protect Your Soul
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THE LAW
KIL S
Why You Should Stay
Away From Law, and Fully
Embrace God’s Grace
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BE
HAVE
SIMPLY
UNDESERVED
DO
Know Your Identity, Discover
Your Inheritance, and Do by
His Spirit
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A MANUAL FOR DOING LIFE
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How to Live by God’s Favor
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WORKING
MIRACLES
WITH GOD
TRANS-
FORMATION
THROUGH PAIN
How God Will Transform
You So He Can Use You
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How God Uses Your
Setbacks and Sufferings
to Transform You Into
Someone Beautiful
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SAY IT!
Speak the Word
to yourself—it is
powerful
Speak the Word
to Yourself ALBERT ELISHA — OBERDORFER It
Is Powerful
SAY IT
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Transformation Through Pain: How God Uses Your
Setbacks and Sufferings to Transform You Into
Someone Beautiful.
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Endnotes
1 Lyrics from the song ‘Our God’ by Chris Tomlin.
2 From a video on YouTube called ‘Graham
Cooke: Problems are Possibilities. It’s All In Your
Mind.’
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