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NEW CREATION IN CHRIST Poem Devotional

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March 20
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What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.
-Galatians 6:15(NLT)
NEW CREATION IN CHRIST
A poem and essay by ILMA
What have you been trying to change in your life?
Do you realize that you can’t do anything without Christ?
Total transformation comes only by believing in Jesus
All our efforts to change will be in vain and fruitless.
Only God can transform us into a new creation
He made all things, so he can do all kinds of alterations
Put on your new nature in Christ and you will thrive
If you don’t let your old self go, you will constantly strive.
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How do we change our old stinky ways? Do we do it in our own effort? Do we look for self-help books that can alter how we think and do things? I used to say yes to all these questions before I became a born again Christian. No wonder I constantly struggled. I relied on my own strength and didn’t allow God to do the transforming. As a result, I wavered back and forth to the old and new and became more frustrated and discouraged. When I re-committed my life to Jesus, he revealed to me that I needed to relinquish control to him so he can change me into the new creation he wanted me to be. That was the only time I had been freed from frustration and discouragement.
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PRAYER
Lord, thank you for being my Lord and Savior.
REFLECTION
Why is total surrender to the Lord essential in becoming a new creation?

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TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW CREATION Poem Devotional

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Aug 6                                                                                         The Power of God’s Word
It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. –Galatians 6:15(NLT)
TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW CREATION
A poem and essay by ILMA
The moment you believe in your heavenly father
You will seek to follow him and be united with your sisters and brothers
It doesn’t matter whether you follow religious rituals
You are transformed into a new creation, that’s what’s vital.
Do not live under the law and be religious
That will only be hard work and tedious
God wants you to walk in love and follow him
It is the only way you will enter his kingdom and be redeemed.
The whole book of Galatians was written to disprove their own interpretation of the gospel and their legalistic and ritualistic ways to show others that they belong to God. Paul, the apostle was very bold in dealing with the lies that they perpetuated to deceive others into thinking that the laws they follow is what will save them. Jesus himself confronted the Pharisees and the Scribes who were very legalistic and religious. God wants a relationship with us, not rituals.
Galatians 6:15 assures us that what counts is that we are being transformed into a new creation. It is walking in love that brings us to God’s kingdom.
PRAYER
Lord, deliver me from religion.
REFLECTION
Why do you think Jesus hated religion? What does it do to us?