Very Much Alive

Updated: 9/14/15

I have a ton of posts started in my head and on my heart. Some of them are even dividing out into separate bubbles on paper. BUT they are almost too big to flesh out with so little time. Each time I try, I wind up stuck. I guess that it's not his time yet.

In a different stroke, I've come across several small verses lately that make me want to stop and just share it right then. So, I think that I will start trying something new. :)

Here is the one for this morning:

Don't you just love that?!  

As NEW creations, we need to remind ourselves of Jesus. [Reading the word, meditating later.]

His death. His life. The power [and why] behind both. 

He lived to spread the word of God. He died so that the Holy Spirit could live within us and give us power. After giving our own lives to Christ, we receive power that includes: courage, boldness, confidence, insight, ability and authority.

Reflecting on him will renew our strength so that we can withstand temptation. Pausing to consider his choice will also help us decide when we are also faced with our own decisions, reactions and emotions.

Let me share this another way...

The next time that you are tempted to say, "Well, I am only human..." remember that Jesus was also human. We have the same power available to us that he had available to him. Living in Christ doesn't mean that we are no longer tempted or that we no longer have "bad days." It doesn't even mean that we don't have the same feelings that we used to have. 

This passage reminds us that we [and our fleshly side of us] is still VERY MUCH ALIVE. But we CHOOSE to give that part of ourselves over to the one that has already redeemed us because HE IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE as well!

And IF we have been redeemed and IF we can be redeemed again in the next two minutes and again after that, shouldn't we be JOYFUL and FULL OF PRAISE and THANKSGIVING. Thus, reflecting all that is new within us?!?!

Thankfully, there is no “IF” in what Christ can do! Let go of your old self this morning. His newness starts right now! What a cause to celebrate! Hallelujah!

Prayer: God I thank you for your wondrous works and the power that you extend to me. Show me how to let YOU be the one that LIVES in my life! If I slip, help me die to the moment of condemnation. So that I can continue in the new life and promise(s) that you never stop extending. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of the goodness that you bring forth! <3

Verse: We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. -2 Corinthians 4:10-11