Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 10:5. Do not be conformed to…

(Azariah) went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from battle. “Listen to me, Asa! Listen, armies of Judah and Benjamin!” he shouted. “The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with Him! Whenever you look for Him, you will find Him. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake…

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. Galatians 6:15. We come to our new Chapter, Isaiah 1. Isaiah was a prophet of God. He was showing the people that their way was not God’s way. Jesus spoke in the parable of Matthew 21:33-44, about the servants God sent that were…

If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 NRSV. I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from…

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created. James 1:18. Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.…

The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. John 3:8. But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and…

Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. John 3:6. Jesus immediately said to them, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Matthew 14:27. You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV. We who have fled to Him for…

The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what He has seen and heard, but no one accepts His testimony. Whoever has accepted it…

It is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6. He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy,…

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5. I read this passage for today’s date in You Are the Beloved, by Henri Nouwen and wanted to…