Good day to ya everyone. What a wonderful day to realize that if you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and savior, you were given a new life! This is something that some of us take for granted and because of the new life the yearning to know the Lord even more sometimes goes a little dormant. You better wake up and catch on fire again.
Today’s Prayer
Father, in the midst of worldwide confusion, “wars and rumors of wars,” moral decay, and political quandary, and when our personal world crashes in around us, remind us that You are God and that You are still in control. Help us as a nation to not give way to gloom, but to keep our eyes focused on You, and to recall past times when You have sustained us. Help our leaders to prayerfully seek Your will and Your direction before they make world-shaking decisions. Bring revival to this nation, and to Christians around the world, and let it begin with me! In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
Let’s eat.
Living the New Life
Colossians 3:1-17 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God’s right hand in the place of honor and power. Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth. For you died when Christ died, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your real life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don’t be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry. God’s terrible anger will come upon those who do such things. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old evil nature and all its wicked deeds. In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who created this new nature within you. In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. Since God chose you to be the holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. You must make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. And the most important piece of clothing you must wear is love. Love is what binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will be intensified in a marriage relationship, because you will feel free to let your guard down – – that person has committed himself/herself to you and you no longer have to worry about scaring him/her off.
Josh McDowell
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