Today : Renewed
TODAY’S VERSE
“Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.” Colossians 3:10 (NLT)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Paul starts this passage with writing, “But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.” What a list. And how many times have we tried to do this? The only way we can successfully get rid of these negative characteristics is to change ourselves from the inside. We need to get rid of our old sinful nature. But that’s like trying to get rid of darkness. It doesn’t work. Instead you need to turn on the light! Paul knew this and writes that we are to put on our new nature and be renewed. But how? How does this happen? He writes, “As you learn to know your Creator and become like Him.” God has put in us the capacity to know Him. His Holy Spirit inside us guides us and as we attune ourself with Him, as we meditate on His word, as we spend time in His presence, the renewing of our mind takes place. We literally become renewed, a new mind that comes from knowing Him. Today, spend time with God. Get to know Him, experience His presence and His immense love for you. As you do, you will experience yourself becoming renewed.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, I want to know You more. I want to experience Your presence more. I want to be renewed more and more so I can be like You.
AMEN
TODAY’S VISUALIZATION & MEDITATION
I am becoming renewed in my mind
Picture yourself spending time in the presence of God. As you meditate on His word, feel the Holy Spirit speak to your heart. Ideas change, conviction gives to direction, thoughts become more aligned with God’s heart. You sense that you are becoming more like Him. You affirm, “I am becoming renewed in my mind.”