Real transformation doesn’t happen by trying harder — it happens by becoming who you already are. In Christ, you’ve been given a new identity, but growing into it takes practice, patience, and Spirit-formed habits. This message explores how Christian virtue is cultivated when we learn to desire what God desires, even when it doesn’t feel natural at first.

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Scripture: Colossians 3

(Additional Reading: 2 Corinthians 3.18; Ephesians 5.18-19; Amos 2.7; Psalm 119.9-11)

Warm-Up:

What’s something that felt completely unnatural the first time you tried it, but eventually became second nature?

“Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you already had it.”

- C.S. Lewis -