Several years ago our family relocated from our familiar city surroundings and plopped ourselves down in a small rural community looking to provide a wholesome natural lifestyle for our children where they could run, play, and squeal with delight without disturbing neighbors. We wanted them to understand eggs came from chickens rather than grocery store […]
O.K., so we know that we are a new creation in Christ, but what does that really mean? What is so “new” about us? Are we really so different as the ones out there that do not know our Lord? What is the mark of a person who has been transformed into a
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Once I became a new creation in Christ, the process of transformation began to be exhibited. In the post Tarrying for Transformation, I established that the process of renewing the mind is what transforms outward actions and behaviors over a period of time. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be
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Once we become a new creation in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17), does that mean we are all brand new and old habits disappear automatically? Well, that would be great if, when we put off the old man – poof – old habits are gone and new mannerisms and mindsets are automatically “installed on our hard
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. II Corinthians 5:17 This title proposes an interesting question. After all, is there really a difference between whether I have adopted a new lifestyle or have become a new creation? And
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…until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ… Ephesians 4:13 Having pondered the reason why people who call themselves Christians are not unified under
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