Christ in You!

Each of you is now a new person. You are becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand him better.  It doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, or if you are circumcised or not. You may even be a barbarian or a Scythian, a barbarian or a Scythian, and you may be a slave or a free person. Yet Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient.

Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you. Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.

Colossians 3:10-14

When you choose to follow Jesus you become a vessel in which Jesus lives. The Holy Spirit fills your heart, and your thoughts and actions are influenced by God Himself!

It is a mysterious combination of a human being and a man possessed by God. That is why you so often recognize the war that is raging between Flesh and Spirit. The Spirit of God gently prompts you to live your life here on earth exactly as Jesus did. The Flesh screams that you must obey it's desires. Then you choose to listen to the Flesh or the Spirit. That choice makes all the difference.

Before you were a Christian your own desires ruled without challenge. But then you heard about Jesus and came to Him in faith, trusting Him to do for you what He has done for so many others. That's when you began to sense the Spirit of God quietly pointing out the way that you should go!

And as you go remember that "Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together." Amen!