Devotion
A new life and a fresh start
A caterpillar may look at a butterfly in flight and admire how beautiful it looks. The truth is that he is a butterfly in disguise. You are a little Jesus in disguise - a little anointed one. You are the most beautiful person alive on planet earth. You are the greatest personality – all that needs to take place is for you to discover yourself so that you can become what God wants you to be. You are a brand-new person.
Most people feel bad about themselves because they make mistakes. But you have to come to understand that mistakes are part of life. There is not one person who can claim that he or she has not made a mistake. We often beat ourselves up over mistakes and allow Satan to burden us with guilt and shame and condemnation. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 CORINTHIANS 5: 17). There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit (ROMANS 8: 1). Satan will try to remind you of your past, but do not listen to him. He will use the world system and the carnality of this world to influence your mind to bring segregation and division. But if you are in Christ Jesus, you have made a new, fresh start; you are in a place of victory, significance and acceptance where you can do all things. Even if your parents abandoned you as a child, God accepts you; there is wholeness for you in your position in Christ Jesus. Christ came to heal the broken-hearted. I have seen people come to God who used drugs for many years, and God has given them a new soul. God promises to restore your soul and to give you a new identity. Nothing is impossible with God, but to find our identity in Christ we have to place ourselves in the Word of God – in what God says about us. It is impossible to serve God through our own understanding; we have to serve God based on the principles in His Word. When vR6??RF?6?&?7B?vR?fRF?F?RF?WfW'?F???rF?B?26??G&???VBW2WF?F?B???B( 2?W"7V?GW&R?G&F?F???2???&?2?f?VW2?fVV??w2?BFW6?&W2?BWfV??W"f??W&W2?B?7F?W2???7FVB?bFVf????r?W"?FV?F?G?F?&?Vv?F?W6RF???w2?vR?fRF?V?'&6RF?R?Wr?fRF?Bv?B?2f?"W2?F?&?Vv?&V?F???6??v?F??W7W26?&?7B'?F?R???7?&?B?F?f??B?Wr?G'VR?FV?F?G???6?&?7B??g&??F?R&????$?fR?W2?fR"?#????? ??F?R&?&?R6??2?BG&?6f?&?F?????BvR?v??v?F?V?fV??VBf6W2??&Vf?V7BF?R??&N( ?2v??'??&R&V??rG&?6f?&?VB??F???2??V?W72v?F?WfW"??7&V6??rv??'??v??6?6??W2g&??F?R??&B?v???2F?R7?&?B?"6?"3?????`?? ??v?F??V6???fR????2@??0???