Verse of the Day 1/3

Verse of the Day 1/3

2 Corinthians 5:17

New King James Version

                                                                                    17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Today's verse is a good one for the beginning of the year, a reminder to leave behind the things of the past, the old things that can bring us down and focus on what lies ahead, and as Christians focus on what Christ has for us. 

When I read this verse this moring I was reminded of The Message paraphrase from Psalm 51:10-12

Don't look too close for blemishes,
    give me a clean bill of health.
God, make a fresh start in me,
    shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.
Don't throw me out with the trash,
    or fail to breathe holiness in me.
Bring me back from gray exile,
    put a fresh wind in my sails!

I love that statement, "make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life". Good word for the start of the year.  It's a new day, a new year just beginning.  May the Lord put fresh wind in your sails to accomplish what He has for us.

New Life in Christ! Abundant and free!
What glories shine, what joys are mine,
What wondrous blessings I see!
My past with its sin,
The searching and strife,
Forever gone, there's a bright new dawn!
For in Christ I have found New Life!

Blessings,

Mike

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

2 Corinthians 5:12-17

New King James Version

Be Reconciled to God

12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.