When I was in my early teens I heard a preacher ask, lIf you were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence in your life to convict you?” I started thinking about how I talked, who I hung out with, where I went, what I did and my spiritual disciplines. I remember putting my life on trial that night and deciding to make sure my life matched my faith. When we accept Jesus, we accept a life that is lived differently than we lived before. Our life should no longer be to please ourselves, but Him. Our old life passes away and we are given new life, a fresh start. Growth in the new life requires that we pray, read our Bible, love others, renew our mind and be led by the Holy Spirit rather than our flesh. Paul constantly wrote about this new life to the churches. He called them and us to live a life that pleases God. It’s a life that would get you convicted for being a Christian if you were ever put on trial for it.
Here are some Bible verses on living a new life.
1. We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness!
Colossians 1:10 TPT
2. For His divine power has bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life and godliness, through true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
2 Peter 1:3 AMP
3. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Colossians 1:10 NLT
4. For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness [to be dedicated, and set apart by behavior that pleases Him, whether in public or in private].
1 Thessalonians 4:7 AMP
5. We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 GNT
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 