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Ezra 9:9
Though we are slaves, our God has not deserted
us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in
the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted
us new life to rebuild the house of our God and
repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of
protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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January 8
New Life
One of the greatest things about Christianity is
new life. The moment a person become a
Christian the old, sinful life passes away.
A new life and a new start begins. While
the spiritual aspect of new life will be
discussed in other devotions, there is a
physical new life that begins as well.
Like in Ezra, new life does not mean that
everything is perfect. The people were
still under the rule of another nation.
But God had given them a chance to begin again.
Likewise with our new life, we may still have to
deal with consequences of things in the past.
The great thing about new life is that the
future is ours to shape however we want and God
will be with us to help us conform to His will.
Whatever is in the past is past and can't be
changed. We are make all of our choices
from the present into the future however and we
can make new and better choices than those in
the past.
New life means giving up the ways of the past.
Sometimes it means leaving friends that were bad
influences on us and staying away from areas
that tempted us and caused us to fall into sin.
We can start life anew with God's help however. |
