“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Dear Lord Jesus, You have come to make me new. I am not who I used to be though I certainly see dramatic glimpses of the old me. It’s like an old habit that I can’t quite quit. I just can’t seem to beat him. My mind races and thinks thoughts that I know are false and untrue; I think thoughts about people and events that I should never be thinking. Things come out of my mind that I am not only ashamed of, but I don’t know where they came from. As much as I work on it I just can’t seem to control my tongue. As much as I know what the wrong thing is and what the right thing is, Lord, I can’t. And it’s so frustrating to me. I want to follow you fully and completely. I want my whole being to be used in service to you. But it isn’t! I’m sorry. Make me new from the inside out. Renew my mind by the teaching before my Father in heaven. He receives me as his child because of you. Keep making me new day by day so that I may live and walk as your child today and every day. Amen.
The new life of a Christian is first a status before God, then it is a life lived by the constant renewing, resurrecting, and transforming power of the Holy Spirit and the power of Jesus on the inside.