October 9, 2010 God Changes Your Thinking

October 9
God Changes Our Thinking
Read Acts 10 - 12

Acts 10:33 “So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

THESE words come from Cornelius, a centurion in the Italian Regiment of the Roman army. He is certainly a man, from this description, who would be prone to reject God and Jesus Christ. But the Spirit had moved in him, and he became obedient to the Lord, sending for Peter.
On Peter’s arrival, this Gentile was prepared with his entire household to listen to the Word of God. What an example this is for us today! Cornelius was excited, ready and willing to hear God’s words. He was eager to know what the Lord wanted him to do, and he expressed a great desire to be informed.
Is that our attitude when we sit in church on Sunday or listen to a bible teacher, or open Scripture? Are we eager to hear what the Lord will say?
Peter spoke God’s Word to this Roman family. God’s Word has the power to change, to make new, and that is exactly what happened to Cornelius and his family.
Listen to God’s Word, and it will change you, too.


Pause and Consider: that God may be telling you to change your thinking.