“Anyone who belongs to Him is a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun.” ~2 Corinthians 5:17
I became a Jesus follower in my mid-20s, and have spent much of my life since sharing his lifechanging message. And yet some old patterns of thinking and behaving, some of the old person, persisted. It was as if I were using two conflicting operating systems. Not surprisingly, this caused frequent crashes!
“Kindle afresh the gift of God that is in you.” ~2 Timothy 1:6
So, four years ago, I recommitted myself to abandoning the old operating system and relying exclusively on the new one. But I couldn’t accomplish this on my own.
“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given to do, and then sink yourself into that.” ~Galatians 6:4
Hungry for consistent functionality,I began downloading “apps”—memorizing, meditating…
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