GOOD WILL

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  GOOD WILL Luke 2:8-14 Devotional:- “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (V. 14) NKJV A great blessing of God to humanity at the birth of Christ is goodwill. A nation without it is completely under bondage. They cannot claim, nor ask, nor can they have anything from the Lord except by the common grace (Matthew 5:25). This is what the sons of men are before the coming of the Messiah. Men have been living under the pressure and the punishment of sin and the law. Men were governed spiritually by the law they were never capable of obeying. When Jesus came, then came the time of grace. This brought us into the season of the goodwill of God (Ephesians 2:8). Will is what every father writes to give the right of inheritance to each of the children. Before Christ, God’s will was not approachable for men. It was not favorable for a natural man. But God gave us another will in Christ Jesus. This is what the angel was announcing in verse 14. We refer to it t...

LET GO

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LET GO   

Ephesians 4: 17-24
Devotional:-“that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts” (v.22) NKJV


  A strong factor of growth is that you have to let go your weaknesses, habit or attitude of unrighteousness. Sometime, we don’t realize that we are holding unto our old nature. We do this when we see it as what we cannot grow out of or do without. 

The word of God told us bluntly that we have to put off the old nature and put on the new man. You can only grow when you allow the weaknesses or the old you to go. Don’t hold on to it. To put off or let go is a conscious effort on our side as a man. This is the act of consciously disallowing our heart from thinking or dwelling on the weak and sinful way. It is a life time battle but the word of God promised us victory in Christ. 

To put off or let go, you must labour to change your thinking pattern over your old nature and take the mindset of the word of God. To achieve this, you must starve to death the sinful nature or weaknesses (Colossians 3:5). This is by stopping to read ungodly information, watch or be among people who encourages you to go that way (Romans 8:14). Identify what is feeding or triggering the attitude and consciously denying yourself of it. To put on the new man is to feed the new nature with the word of God and fellowship that encourages you to live well. You will surely grow. Peace. 

Prayer: Lord, strengthens me to say no to ungodliness. 

"STARVE YOUR WEAK NATURE AND FEED YOUR NEW NATURE" 

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