08/29/2026
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV)
"...are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."
A six-week series can create awareness. It can name what needed to be named, open what needed to be opened, and start what needed to be started. What it cannot do, by itself, is create lasting transformation. Awareness fades. Sermons get forgotten. Conviction, if it is not converted into action and rhythm, dissipates within days of the service that produced it. What does not fade is a rhythm. A consistent, daily, deliberate practice that does not depend on a scheduled service or a sermon to sustain it. That is what has to survive past the end of this series. Not the emotional atmosphere of a particular Sunday morning. A rhythm.
Keep examining yourself, not in condemnation but in honest, Spirit-led self-awareness. Psalm 139:23 and 24 is not a one-time prayer. Keep renewing your mind. Romans 12:2 is written in the present tense. The renewing is continuous. Keep working out your salvation. Philippians 2:12 describes an ongoing active participation, not a completed event. Keep taking responsibility for your portion in relationships. Keep pursuing peace without confusing it with passivity. Keep beholding Jesus, because you will always be becoming what you are most consistently looking at. Keep submitting to the Holy Spirit every day in specific decisions, not just in the emotional atmosphere of worship. The process does not end because the series ended. The process ends when you stand before God and the work is complete. Until then, examine, renew, participate, obey, behold, and submit. Every single day. This is personal.
Of all the rhythms listed above, which one is most absent from your daily life right now, and what is one concrete change you will make this week to establish it?