God's renewal of promises is not a one-time historical event, but an ongoing divine action of transformation and restoration. It involves encountering God's presence, surrendering preconceived identities, and receiving a new mission. It is achieved through personal revelation, repentance, and obedient alignment with God's unfolding purpose for our lives.
Encountering divine revelation
Opening our spiritual eyes to see God’s presence and purpose, often in unexpected ways.
✔ Be open to God meeting you on your current path, even if you are moving in the wrong direction
✔ Understand that a true encounter with God can be disorienting and humbling
✔ Allow God’s light to reveal the truth about yourself and your actions
✔ Listen for God’s voice asking you the foundational question: “Why are you persecuting me?”
✔ Recognize that the Lord sees and knows you by name, even in your resistance
Submitting in surrender
Entering a season of brokenness and dependence as a preparation for new purpose.
✔ Accept the temporary “blindness” that follows a true encounter—the end of your own vision
✔ Embrace fasting and prayer as God’s method to humble and reorient your heart
✔ Wait patiently in a place of physical and spiritual need, relying completely on God’s provision
✔ Be led by the hand, trusting God to guide you when you cannot see the way forward
✔ Understand that surrender is not punishment but preparation for a greater calling
Receiving transformative instruction
Allowing God’s people to speak into your life and teach you the way forward.
✔ Be humble enough to receive ministry from those you once opposed or disregarded
✔ Welcome the “Ananias” God sends—the faithful believer who ministers grace and healing
✔ Be baptized into a new identity, washing away the old life and its persecuting spirit
✔ Be filled with the Holy Spirit, receiving power for the new mission ahead
✔ Accept that your transformation will be visible and shocking to those who knew your past
Stepping into new mission
Embracing a completely redirection of your life’s purpose, fueled by grace.
✔ Preach the Gospel you once tried to destroy, becoming a living testimony of God’s power
✔ Understand that your past becomes your credential for grace, not your shame
✔ Move forward with boldness, knowing you are a chosen instrument of God
✔ Let your testimony silence critics and confound those who doubt God’s power to change a life
✔ Live with the constant awareness that you are a product of mercy, commissioned for glory
Walking in grace and forgiveness
Reflecting the heart of Christ by forgiving others as you have been forgiven.
✔ Pray for those who oppose you, just as Stephen prayed for Saul and as Christ prayed on the cross
✔ Release bitterness and the desire for vengeance, knowing God is the righteous judge
✔ See persecutors not as enemies, but as future brothers and sisters in Christ
✔ Understand that forgiveness paves the way for their future transformation
✔ Bear witness with your life that no one is beyond the reach of God’s renewing promise
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