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“AHA is a spiritual experience that brings about supernatural change.”

A thought by Kyle Idleman (2014-03-01) from his book, AHA: The God Moment ThatChanges Everything (p. 14). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Today is the day after our 2016 Presidential Election.  Many people voted for change.  They wanted change in the leadership of our country and they made it happen through their vote.  Of course it wasn’t their vote by its self.  There were a few million other people who helped it to happen.

Now you may have something in your life that you need to change but you are finding that you can’t do it alone.  Kyle Idleman, one of the teaching pastors at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky has written this book to show where to go for help in our getting change. 

Now many of us go for self-help but Kyle says, “Instead of self-help, we are asking for God’s help, because AHA is a spiritual experience that brings about supernatural change. More specifically, let’s define the word aha this way: ‘a sudden recognition that leads to an honest moment that brings lasting change.’”

Is that what you need in your life?

Kyle later says, “I’ve listened to the AHA experiences of hundreds— if not thousands— of people over the years. I’ve studied numerous transformation experiences of key figures in the Bible. With striking consistency, AHA always has three ingredients. If any one of these ingredients is missing, it short-circuits the transformation process: 1. A Sudden Awakening 2. Brutal Honesty 3. Immediate Action.”

He goes on, “If there is an awakening and honesty, but no action, then AHA doesn’t happen. If there is awakening and action, but honesty is overlooked, AHA will be short-lived. But when God’s Word and the Holy Spirit bring these three things together in your life, you will experience AHA— a God-given moment that changes everything.”


Is that what you need in your life?
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