Daily Devotionals
New Person - Portrait of New Life - On Board with God's Game Plan
With the goal of gaining a fuller understanding of what it means to be a new person with a new life through our relationship with Christ, we set out this week to examine three words: surrender, identity, and vocation. Surrender has to do with our commitment to Christ who is in charge of producing the "new person" and "new life" he has in store for us...
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Vocation is our calling (central purpose for why we are here) to the life-long pursuit of letting the new person we are becoming and the new life that is unfolding have an impact on the people and world around us. Let's begin our focus on "vocation" by pointing out that it is not really possible to separate vocation from identity...
Read MoreDownload PDFNew Person - Portrait of New Life - Embracing Your True Identity
Today we look at identity. When we talk about identity in regard to our Christian faith, we are talking about who we are in Christ. Having the correct view of ourselves is essential for going forward in our Christian faith in ways that are healthy and successful. Before we became ones who put our faith in Christ we had our old person, old life, and old identity...
Read MoreDownload PDFNew Person - Portrait of New Life - Confidence in God's Good Work
Being a new person with a new life because of Jesus Christ is what we are exploring this week. Getting a better handle on our transition from the old to the new is critical. We mentioned three words yesterday: surrender, identity, and vocation. Surrender has to do with our commitment to Christ who is in charge of producing the "new person" and "new life" he has in store for us...
Read MoreDownload PDFMaking Our Time Count - Growing Up Together in Christ
Let's begin today considering the word "into." When someone is "into" something, it means that they have a very strong connection with that thing and have devoted themselves to it. This devotion will consume their time, energy, and affection. If it does not, then they are really not "into" it. Perhaps, it would be reasonable to say, if there is not a considerable consumption of our time, energy, and affection in our relationship with Christ, we are not really "into" him. Notice the use of the word "into" in today's Scripture...
Read MoreDownload PDFMaking Our Time Count - Partnering with Fellow Kingdom Members
We introduced today's focus yesterday when we talked about the help that comes from fellow kingdom members to support us in our pursuit of living our lives with God's kingdom as our top priority. We said that kingdom members help each other in the following ways: becoming good at having and maintaining an intimate relationship with the king...
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