Devotional Series : All Things New
All Things New in the New Year
Though we’ve come to the end of Martha’s devotional series All Things New, we are nowhere near the end of our journey into the wonder and mystery of Jesus Christ! We hope that you have experienced new joy and wisdom … Continue reading
#60 Attached and Detached
1 John 2:15 NASB Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. The Holy Spirit moves slowly but surely to sever us from … Continue reading
#59 New Stranger in the World
1 Peter 2:11 AMP Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles (in this world)… The ‘new self’ has no identity or place in the world’s system, yet is perfectly and naturally at ease while walking through it … Continue reading
#58 A New, Deathless Life
Ephesians 2:4-5a AMP But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings … Continue reading
#57 Losing the Old to Gain the New
Philippians 3:8 ESV “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I … Continue reading
#56 Entirely New Kind of Humanity
Philippians 3:7-8a ESV But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Paul stands as a vivid standard … Continue reading
#55 Christ is All and in All
Christ is all and in all. Colossians 3:11 NASB …there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. As born again to God the Father, your … Continue reading
#54 The New Self is Lost in Christ
Colossians 3:3 Message Bible Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life – even though invisible to spectators – is with Christ in God. He is your life. The ‘old self’ is ever conscious of itself—boringly, unendingly … Continue reading
#53 Can You Define Your New Being?
Colossians 3:3 AMP For (as far as this world is concerned) you have died, and your (new, real) life is hidden with Christ in God. When you are born again you receive a new self, a new creation, a new … Continue reading
#52 The New Creation Is a Mystery
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. What is the new self? The New Testament does little to actually define it. This … Continue reading
#51 The Things That Are Unseen
2 Corinthians 4:18 AMP “…we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are … Continue reading
#50 New Life Rises in Triumph
Colossians 3:1 NASB “…you have been raised with Christ to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead…” This life, this new form of life, is in union with Christ and it bears His very characteristics. This Life … Continue reading
#49 Raised Anew with Christ
Colossians 3:1 NASB “…you have been raised with Christ to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead…” This verse comes before Paul’s admonition in verse 10 of Chapter 3 to “clothe yourselves with the new spiritual self.” … Continue reading
#48 A New Heart of Flesh
Ezekiel 36:26 ESV I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. The heart is … Continue reading
#47 The New Covenant in Christ
Hebrews 9:15 AMPC [Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an (entirely) new agreement (testament, covenant)… There is no end to the NEW that God has given in Christ. Hallelujah! Our God has made a NEW agreement, … Continue reading
#46 Renewed in the New
Colossians 3:10 “…put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” Ephesians 4:24 “…and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds and to put on the new self, created after … Continue reading
#45 The Old Life Must Go
Romans 6:4-5 AMP We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious (power) of the Father, so we too might (habitually) live and behave in newness … Continue reading
#44 Resurrection Life of Christ
Romans 6:4-5 AMP We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious (power) of the Father, so we too might (habitually) live and behave in … Continue reading
#43 New Seeing of the New Reality
Ephesians 4:23, 24 ESV “…and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” NIV “…be made new in the attitude of … Continue reading
#42 We Are New When Born Again
Ephesians 4:20-24a NASB But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that in reference to your former manner of life, you … Continue reading