11. Growing in your new creation – 2
Let us continue with our guidelines from last week on how to
grow in our new creation and lead a flourishing life:
- Speak life-giving words over yourself every day out loud. Your
old sinful nature needs to hear it and give way to the
life-changing truths within you. I have found this to really work.
My spirit seems to lift, and I can truly say that I start to
believe these truths about myself. Slowly but surely, I start to
live it. It truly makes a very big difference. I am going to give
you examples to get your thoughts going, but this is by no means a
complete list. The Holy Spirit will lead you to various new ones.- I am a child of the living God.
- I am a citizen of heaven with all the privileges and blessings
in the heavenly realm. - I am a priest, ready to serve my King.
- I am the Bride of Christ, perfect and holy, awaiting my
Bridegroom. - I will share in the glory and victory of Christ because of His
work on the cross. - I have eternal life pulsating through my veins.
- I have the power of God within me.
- A life-giving fountain is bubbling within me, giving me new
life. - The Holy Spirit in His fullness is dwelling inside of me,
changing me from glory to glory.
- Stay in the present moment. When you feel yourself drifting off
and worrying about the future or reliving the past, stop and
acknowledge your thought. Breathe in deeply ten times, and focus on
your breathing. Imagine that you are breathing in the air in the
new creation now. Focus on the new creation and who you are in
Christ, and force yourself to concentrate on the now. Be in the
present moment and feel the Spirit’s presence within you. Don’t
allow yourself the luxury of dwelling on thoughts that are
detrimental. It also helps to recite some of the truths listed
above. It helps you to focus again on who you really are and what
your true purpose in life is.
(Excerpt from The Second Creation – Ilze Henderson)
