5 KEY WORDS

Batach: (Hebrew) to attach oneself, to trust, confide in, feel safe, be confident, secure; to be careless. The RSV sometimes renders it "rely on". The basic idea is associated with firmness or solidity. The word expresses the sense of well-being which results from knowing that "the rug won't be pulled out from underneath you." ... This type of hope is a confident expectation, not a constant anxiety. We can truly relax when we know Who is in control. 

Yasha: (Hebrew) originally, this root was believed to mean "to be open, wide or free." It is the opposite of tsarar, "to cramp," having the connotation of distress, being in trouble or affliction. In other words, when one has plenty of room in which to move, she feels safe and secure. Yasha means, therefore, to be delivered, saved, to get help.

Anastasis: (Greek) standing on the feet again or rising as opposed to falling. 

Metamorphoo: (Greek) In Romans 12:2 and II Corinthians 3:18 the idea of transformation refers to an invisible process in Christians which takes place or begins to take place already during their life in this age.

Eulogeo: (Greek) to bless, more accurately, to speak well of ... When the subject is God, His speaking is His action, for God's speaking and acting are the same thing. When God is said to bless us, eulogize us, speak well of us, He acts for our good as He sees what we need most and not what we desire. Therefore, He blesses by interfering. When we bless (eulogize) God we speak well of Him, we laud or praise Him because He deserves it. When we bless (eulogize) one another, we express good wishes. When we bless as Christ did the loaves and the fishes when He miraculously multiplied them, and as He did the memorial bread, and the infant, we consecrate them to divine use. 

Definitions from Lexical Aids to the Old Testament and Lexical Aids to the New Testament in the Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, Executive Editor Spiros Zodhiats, Th.D.

WHAT CHANGE REQUIRES

Sometimes "change" requires huge steps and monumental-sized shifts. But other at other times, the change we need is simply a series of tweaks to establish new habits or thought patterns. But either way, change requires effort and takes work. 

It's been said that God uses silence and solitude to deepen character and develop leaders. You see that in the stories of great Biblical leaders like Moses, David, and Paul, all of whom went through difficult training before stepping into the roles for which we now know them.

It's a common theme in story, too, in which the hero walks through a dark time to clarify motive, purpose and intent before emerging into the battle, ultimately victorious.

Perhaps you are in that place of silence or solitude now. You can view it as a bleak holding pattern, or you can recognize the potential of this stage.  It's like the cocoon phase before the butterfly emerges.

Change requires work, effort, exertion. Something must be done differently. New thought patterns established. New disciplines practiced. New rewards experienced. Change requires a bit of deliberate desperation, too.

We believe that you are the expert on the subject of your life, so we won't tell you what to do, but we'll be with you in the process. We'll help you find the light for your path to see your next step. And we'll celebrate you on your courageous journey.

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