Identity in Christ: A 40 Day JourneySample

Part 2: Foundational Truths

Day 18: The truth is, I am brand new

We all get frustrated with ourselves – old habits, old aches, and pains constantly annoying us from every sphere of our earthly lives. However, inwardly, we are completely and perfectly made into a new creation – what we are is not yet fully known, but we are made spiritually new in ways that will only be fully known in heaven one day. Jesus wants us to live in the newness of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, not the old things that used to define our life.

Let's Pray

Thank You, God, for this beautiful truth, that You have indeed made me new! Thank You for taking what was impossibly dead and breathing life into it again. I now repent for believing that You have not yet started to change me, that I am still the same or worse than I have always been. I choose to believe today instead that I am brand new – that You have made me new and are sanctifying me. Help me know that I am new in You; the old is completely gone. Thank You, Jesus, for the renewing power of Your blood! Amen.