Becoming the Man God's Future Requires

Good morning, sir!

Welcome to day 7!  A day of rest, but not without connection to Jesus!  Pause and join me in prayer:  “O Lord Jesus!  You are my rest!  I come to You!  You are love, You are life, You are light, and You are truth!  My rest is found by contacting You, mingling with You!  As I open my heart today, I’m asking You that Your written Word and Your living word will be infused into my spirit and this will make me free indeed and give me rest!  Amen

A friend came up to me during the men’s retreat.  And said, something like this:  Oh, I wish the men here could just experience real freedom and walk in true freedom.  I wholeheartedly agreed.  And then I added: On one hand it’s so simple.  But on the other hand, it requires incredible courage.  Courage for what?  Courage to submit fully to Him!

And just like Pastor Paul reminded us: We cannot resist the devil, which is the second step, if we haven’t done the first step!  That first step is the most important.  Why?  Because we actually get Him into our spirit and then we give Him control over every sphere of our life.  The good, the bad, the ugly.  And this is when the ‘in Christ’ starts.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, the new is come!”

 2 Corinthians 5:17 

Join with me in prayer: “Lord, I declare Your promise over me right now.  I am not becoming or striving to become a new creature, I am in You and included in that, I am a new creature!  My old way of thinking and my old way of living are passed away!  Behold, all things are new!  Amen!