+DEV+ N – New Creation

Date: September 24, 2009 10:34 PM
Topic: +DEV+ N – New Creation

N – New Creation

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Scripture Focus: Psalm 119:9-16

Words—18,000 words a day is the average person’s volume of utterances, the equivalent of a 50-page book! In one year most of us will have said enough to fill 66 books, each about 800 pages long.

Are you happy with your speech? With your thoughts? With your relationship to God? How can our talk, thoughts, and actions be more as God would desire them to be?

If we are in Christ, we are “a new creation”—that’s our position. But we are also commanded to be “transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2).

Our minds are somewhat like icebergs, the conscious part being the smallest. The largest part of our minds is the subconscious. Though we cannot recall at will all we have experienced through our five senses, it is all indelibly recorded in our subconscious minds, ready to respond to stimuli before we can consciously think about it.

Ask the Lord to help you evaluate what you are feeding your mind today.

Insight: The Scriptures are the only effective mind cleanser. Proper care of our minds calls for a regular intake of God’s Word.

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