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May.23.06: Light for the Day -
"Change me"
-- John 3:3
Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see
the Kingdom of God without being Born Again from Above."
-- Galatians 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
means anything; what counts is a New Creation.
-- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, Created Anew in Christ Jesus
to do Good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
-- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, those are in Christ Become New persons.
They are Not the Same anymore, for the Old Life is
gone.
A New Life has Begun!
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Psalm 51:10
Create in me a Pure Heart, O God,
and Renew a Steadfast Spirit within me.
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Dear Lord change not Thy will in my life,
Or trial and sorrows to be;
Renew my faith and make me strong,
Change not Thy will, Change me.
Though teardrops fall when trouble comes,
Like storms on a rolling sea;
Let Thy beacon guide my ship to port,
Change not the storm, Change me.
When Thy Holy Word I don't understand
And Thy glory I cannot see;
Teach my eyes, give me sight and wisdom,
Change not Thy Word, Change me.
If the fruit Thou hast given me to eat,
Taste bitter and sour, I plea;
Let not my will but Thine be done,
Change not the fruit, Change me.
If sometime I murmur and grumble, dear Lord,
About the cross I carry for Thee;
Keep it firm on my shoulders, but hold my hand,
Change not the cross, Change me.
If You change Thy ways to please me, dear Lord,
I would soon grow cold and turn from Thee;
That You may hear my prayers, dear Lord,
Change not Thy ways, Change me.
There's a valley that I must cross,
Someday Thy face to see;
Lest I forget what power is Thine,
Change not the valley, Change me.
-- Unknown
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-- Ephesians 4:22-24
22 You were Taught, with regard to your former way of life,
to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by
its deceitful desires;
23 to be Made New in the Attitude of your minds;
24 and to put on the New Self, Created in God’s likeness --
Righteous, Holy, and True.
-- Romans 6:4
For we died and were buried with Christ by
Baptism.
And just as Christ was Raised from the dead by the
Glorious
Power of the Father, now we also may Live New Lives.
-- Romans 12:2
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God Transform you into a New Person by
Changing
the way you think. Then you will Know what God wants you
to do, and you will Know how Good and Pleasing and
Perfect His Will really is.
-- Romans 8:10
But if Christ is in you, even though your body will die
because of sin, your spirit is Alive because you have been
Made Right with God.
-- 2 Corinthians 3:3
You show that you are a Letter from Christ, the Result of our
ministry, Written not with ink but with the Spirit of the
Living
God, not on tablets of stone but on Tablets of human hearts.
-- Romans 8:9
You, however, are Controlled not by the sinful nature but by
the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does
not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
-- John 15:5
I am the Vine, you are the branches.
Those who Abide in Me and I in them Bear much Fruit,
because Apart from Me you can do nothing.
-- James 1:17-18
17 Every Good and Perfect Gift is from Above, coming down
from the Father of the Heavenly Lights, Who does not
change like shifting shadows.
18 He Chose to Give us Birth through the Word of Truth,
that we might be a kind of Firstfruits of all
He Created.
-- 1 Peter 1:23
For you have been Born Again. Your New Life did not come
from your earthly parents because the life they gave you
will
end in death. But this New Life will Last Forever because
it Comes from the Eternal, Living Word of God.
-- Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by Grace you have been Saved through
Faith,
and this is not your own doing; it is the Gift of God --
9 Not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are God’s workmanship,
Created Anew in Christ Jesus to do Good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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-- Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us Reason together," says the LORD.
"No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can Remove it.
I can make you as Clean as Freshly fallen snow. Even if you
are stained as red as crimson, I can Make you as White as wool."
-- Ezekiel 36:26 (11:19)
I will Give you a New Heart and put a New Spirit in you;
I will Remove from you your heart of stone
and Give you a Heart of Flesh.
-- Psalm 51:7-13
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be Clean;
Wash me, and I will be Whiter than snow.
8 Let me Hear Joy and Gladness;
Let the bones You have crushed Rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a Pure Heart, O God,
and Renew a Steadfast Spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from Your Presence or
take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the Joy of Your Salvation and
Grant me a Willing Spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will Teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will Turn back to You.
-- Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them One Heart and Mind to Worship Me forever,
for their own Good and for the Good of all their descendants.
-- Revelation 3:20-21
20 Here I am! I Stand at the door and Knock.
If anyone Hears My Voice and Opens the door,
I will Come in and eat with him, and he with
Me.
21 To him who Overcomes,
I will Give the Right to sit with Me on My
Throne,
just as I Overcame and Sat down with my Father on His Throne.
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-- Hebrews 4:16
Let us then Approach the Throne of Grace with
Confidence,
so that we may Receive Mercy
and Find Grace to Help us in our time of need.
-- 2
Corinthians 13:14
May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
And the Love of God,
And the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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