2 Corinthians 5:17 says "17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new".
Today is the eighth day of our fast, in scripture the number eight represents "new beginnings" . The Apostle Paul in Second Corinthians tells us we are new creatures in Christ. Today as we fast and prayer ask the Holy Spirit to show what the verse means to you in the coming year. Today being day eight of our fast let us make this verse personal. That from today we will be the new person God has created us to be in Christ. This verse is written in the present tense teaching us that is is an ongoing process in our lives not just a conversion experience. I encourage to seek the Holy Spirit for a vision of who you are in Chi st and allow him to make you that person. Put all the "old things" behind you God has said they are they are "passed away". I believe the old things are the sins in your past the things that God has already forgiven you of, they are also all the things that may have happen since then. What I mean by that is sins, mistakes, and shortcomings that have occur ed since then since they are in the past even if they happen this morning. They are also the old way you saw yourself, your old way of thinking, acting. and responding. So let the NEW YOU come forth toady and let it be the beginning of that new person being who you are. When the enemy tries to cause you to behave like the old man simply say to yourself I am not that person anymore and I will behave like him.
On the eighth day Remember:
To Stay in God,s word
You are a new person live like it
You Will begin to find that "sweet spot" in God's presence as if you entered into the Holy of Ho lies.
Seek God's direction for your life in the coming year
Prayer for the church that the vision God has given us for this year will come to pass
In Christ
Pastor Jim
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