Change is inevitable 

General Scripture

Romans 8:28-31

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. [29] For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. [31] What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Thought:

Change is one of the great constants of life. Change happens to everyone, whether because of the slow and gradual erosion of time or swift and cataclysmic moments of trauma. People change, relationships change, jobs change, technology changes, and life itself can be described as continual change. Some changes are positive: a new friend, a new house, a financial windfall; others are negative: a tragic loss, a job layoff, the upheaval of natural disasters. Either way, change produces stress. The Bible teaches two great truths about change. The first is that God is changeless and dependable despite the changing world. The second is that God calls for an inner change of heart, called repentance, which produces an outer change of lifestyle, called obedience.

Scripture text: 

Isaiah 1:18-19 KJV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. [19] If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Ephesians 4:22-24 KJV

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; [23] And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; [24] And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.