A Fresh Start

 5 Aug 25

Today's devotional: taken from YouVersion, Life Application Study Bible Devotion


A fresh start

All who welcome Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives are reborn spiritually, receiving new life from God. Through faith in Christ, this new birth changes us from the inside out-rearranging our attitudes, desires, and motives. Being born makes you physically alive and places you in your parents' family. Being born of God makes you spiritually alive and puts you in God's family. Have you asked Christ to make you a new person? This fresh start in life is available to all who believe in Christ.


“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Reflections

One being made new in God. Whatever that is not possible by men is possible by God. 


Doesn’t it bring great comfort knowing that He loves every one of us, even those that have sinned greatly? I can see why ministry can grew where there are vices and in prison cells. All these people are lost sheep. Many may have perhaps forgotten what love is. Most probably don’t know Jesus. In their own struggles, they are trying to survive in a way they know how. Perhaps their family have given up hope on them. Perhaps they have given up hope on themselves but our Lord never gives up. He loves all of us.


So many of these people who have came to Christ have seen their lives transformed. Peace restored. Family reconciled. Some even got married and started a new family! Our lord is just great! He truly believes in second, third, fourth, etc chances, perhaps until He couldn’t give any more. How faithful and loving is He! 


If you have a chance to hear and share testimonies, pls do, for more seeds need to be planted and more harvesting done by more workers. God bless

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