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...
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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 PDFThe Touch of the Master's Hand - The Tale of the Soul - Becoming a Vessel of Redemption
There is another poem that goes something like this: “Only one life, will soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last.” It is a tremendous thing when a person comes to the spot where they want the message of this poem to be true for their life. However, if we could somehow search out the truth, I think we would find that almost everyone that gets to this spot gets to another spot, a spot of frustration and weariness...
Read MoreDownload PDFThe Touch of the Master's Hand - Communion with God - Existing for His Mission
Jesus knew that living to please His Heavenly Father was the key to staying on target with the central focus of His mission, the redemption of the world. Our Heavenly Father loved the world and gave His Son to be the redeemer of the world. Jesus came as His Father’s gift to the world and as such He knew He must keep His eye on the Cross where He would provide redemption for the world...
Read MoreDownload PDFThe Touch of the Master's Hand - Communion with God - Becoming His Servant
Jesus knew who He was and why He was here. He came to serve and not be served. Jesus cared about both the physical and spiritual needs of people but their spiritual need for redemption was at the heart of who He was and why He was here. So, when we look at ourselves, we must seek to be the kind of person who desires to serve instead of being served.
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