Friday Devotion

Jesus: Let's get a new life!
By Mike Kirby

We often run into people who just have the wrong priorities or the wrong focus. They invest their time - their whole life - into things that really have no eternal value. We might say to that person, "Get a life!"

Then again, perhaps we have some priorities that are misplaced also. Maybe our focus isn't where it should be, and even though we are Christians, we still lack because we neglect the full potential of the new life in Christ.

Read John 14:6. What does Jesus claim to be?

Read John 11:25-26. What does Jesus promise?

Read John 10:10. What is Satan's (the thief) desire? Why did Jesus come? How does He describe that life?

Read Acts 4:12. Who else beside Jesus can give us new life?

Grace is unmerited favor. It is God's Riches At Christ's Expense.
Read Ephesians 2:4-5. Who makes us alive? What can we do to earn that?

Our salvation, that is eternal life, is a free gift from God. We must trust in Christ as Lord and Savior, repent of our sins and confess them, be immersed into Christ and continue to live in obedience to Him. These aren't things we "do" to be saved; they are merely how our saving faith is demonstrated. If we have true faith, these steps are included in that faith.

The bible tells us that we are more than conquerors (Rom 8:37), that if God is for us, no one can be against us (Rom 8:31) and greater is He who is in us (the Holy Spirit) that he who is in the world (Satan) (1 John 4:4). Therefore it seems that the only one who can stop you from having new life is Christ is you.

Pray that God will give you the strength to resist anything that will hinder your new life with Christ. Pray that you leave behind everything that will get in the way of your walk with the Lord. Pray that you don't leave camp with an excitement that will fade in a couple of weeks, but that you are actually changed from the inside out and that you will continue to walk with Jesus and grow in Him. Pray that God will bless the rest of your summer, and will embolden you to stand up for Him as school starts this fall.