TODAY'S RHAPSODY OF REALITIES
Friday, February 21st, 2014.
Theme: "The Extraordinary Life Of The Man In Christ"
By Pastor Anita
"...if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new"- (2 Corinthians 5:17).
When you were born again, you were born a new type of man. This new man is not like anything the world has seen before; he’s the new superman in Christ. He only shares semblance with the Lord Himself. 1 John 4:17 reiterates this truth about the new creation for it says, "…as He (Jesus) is, so are we in this world." 2 Peter 1:4 tells us that we are sharers of His divine nature. This means that we have His life and His glory. This is the extraordinary life of the man in Christ. He isn’t one that can be sick, poor, broke or defeated.
1 John 4:4 says, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." You hail from God; your origin is in God; you’re in the same class with Him. Therefore, you’re not ordinary. Notice the Word doesn’t say you’re trying to overcome, no; you were born an overcomer!
Some believers wonder, "If these things are true, why then is my life so ordinary?" Now, to apply these truths in your life, first, acknowledge that you’re who God says you are; accept His Word as the only truth. In Apostle Paul’s letter to Timothy he said, "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands" (2 Timothy 1:6). This means there’s something inside you, but you have to stir it up to be manifested in your life by speaking in consonance with the Word.
You’re a new creation in Christ; an heir of the Sovereign, an associate of the God-kind, superior to Satan, and a wonder to the world. You’re excellent all the way! Believe, accept, and confess these qualities about yourself always. Speak the Word over your life, health, marriage, finances and your job, because with your mouth you’re catapulted to the realms of glory.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for giving me a supernatural life. I’m conscious of my divine nature as a new creation in Christ, full of the glory and excellencies of divinity. I manifest the Christ-life in me to my world by the power of the Spirit, to influence men and women in righteousness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
F u r t h e r s t u d y: Romans 10:9-10; Romans 8:37
1 Year Reading Plan : Mark 5:1-20 Leviticus 19-21
2 Year Reading Plan : Acts 20:13-24 Psalm 33-34
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