PROMISE #253 - SEPTEMBER 10
Promise #253:
Your old life has ended and now everything is new in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Just think of this promise. Everything from your old life has ended, and everything has become new. In this Bible passage, the Apostle Paul isn't talking about our natural life but our spiritual life. When we received the gift of Jesus Christ in our lives, a transformation happened inside each of us.
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead gave new life to our spirit man when we were baptized into the body of Christ. Our 'old nature' died then, and a new life began. While this is a beautiful picture of our salvation, many of us still struggle with remnants of our old ways, seemingly still alive and well in our souls.
Old thought patterns, familiar false beliefs, etc., dominate our minds. The truth is that while these struggles are real, they are just residue of our former lives. The only power they continue to hold over us is the power we give them by agreeing with these thoughts. That is why we are called to no longer conform to this world but to be transformed by renewing the mind (Romans 12:1-2).
May today be the day when our inner man, a new creation in Christ, rises and declares the truth of who we are! May God give us the courage to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and rise and receive our destiny as joint heirs of Jesus. Our old life has ended, and all things have become new in Jesus Christ our Lord!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank You for making me a new creation in Christ and for leaving no traces of my former self. From heaven’s perspective, I am forever united with Jesus and an heir of Almighty God. I pray that I will embrace my new heavenly identity today, even when the old me tries to say otherwise.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Your old life has ended and now everything is new in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Just think of this promise. Everything from your old life has ended, and everything has become new. In this Bible passage, the Apostle Paul isn't talking about our natural life but our spiritual life. When we received the gift of Jesus Christ in our lives, a transformation happened inside each of us.
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead gave new life to our spirit man when we were baptized into the body of Christ. Our 'old nature' died then, and a new life began. While this is a beautiful picture of our salvation, many of us still struggle with remnants of our old ways, seemingly still alive and well in our souls.
Old thought patterns, familiar false beliefs, etc., dominate our minds. The truth is that while these struggles are real, they are just residue of our former lives. The only power they continue to hold over us is the power we give them by agreeing with these thoughts. That is why we are called to no longer conform to this world but to be transformed by renewing the mind (Romans 12:1-2).
May today be the day when our inner man, a new creation in Christ, rises and declares the truth of who we are! May God give us the courage to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and rise and receive our destiny as joint heirs of Jesus. Our old life has ended, and all things have become new in Jesus Christ our Lord!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank You for making me a new creation in Christ and for leaving no traces of my former self. From heaven’s perspective, I am forever united with Jesus and an heir of Almighty God. I pray that I will embrace my new heavenly identity today, even when the old me tries to say otherwise.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.