ROMANS 12 – LIVING IT!

“Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you”. Romans 12, Msg

“A woman battles with depression. What’s the solution suggested by some well-meaning friend? Buy yourself a new outfit! A husband is in an affair that brings him as much guilt as it does adventure. The solution? Hang out with people who don’t make you feel guilty. Change your style. Get a new haircut. Case after case of treating the outside while ignoring the inside.

And the result? The woman gets a new outfit, and the depression disappears…for a day, maybe. The husband finds a bunch of buddies who sanction his adultery. The result…peace, until the crowd’s gone. Then the guilt is back. The exterior polished, the interior corroding. The outside altered, the inside faltering. One thing is clear. Cosmetic changes are only skin deep! — Max Lucado 

Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart” (Matthew 5:8). And the message of the Beatitude is a clear one. You change your life by changing your heart!

Dear Heavenly Father, I offer my life to You to change from the inside out. Wash me clean. White as new fallen snow. Cleanse my heart of all impurities. Yes, Lord change all of me, whatever it takes until You see Your reflection in my own face…heart, mind and soul.
In Jesus Name and by the Power of Your Holy Spirit, Amen