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CHANGED

October 9, 2026

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Colossians 2:6

I once was alienated and separated from God. I had no hope, and I was without God in the world (Ephesians 2:12). Then I had an encounter with Jesus, and I asked Him to come into my life. That was my spiritual birthday. I was born in the flesh in 1956, and I was born in the spirit in 1972.

When I was saved, something in my life changed. I still parted my hair on the same side, and I still had blue eyes. I wasn’t levitating off the floor or acting all spooky and mystical, and I still had things to work through. But one thing did change: my position and my relationship to God. My spirit was now alive to connect to His Spirit, and I could
“worship Him in spirit and truth” (John 4:24).

We once were dead and lost, but Jesus has brought us into forgiveness and righteousness (Luke 19:10).

e are made spirit, soul, and body. Feelings are the voice of the body; reason is the voice of the soul; conscience is the voice of the spirit. God has not created us to be ruled by our bodies or the lusts and pleasures of the world (Titus 3:3-7). Neither has He designed us to be so cerebral and soulish that we are constantly leaning on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-6). Instead, God has called us to worship Him full on,
using everything He’s given us – with our whole being.

Think of it! We are now alive to God (Romans 6:11). There’s salvation in no other (Acts 4:12). I wish every single person knew Him.

DEFINITION: change, verb

To become different or undergo alteration.
To undergo transformation or transition.

SAY THIS OUT LOUD:

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

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