Christianity Is An Active Faith, Non A Passive Faith

I tin sack pose on a imitation grin when I’m hurting, depressed, as well as afraid.

I tin sack quote Scripture as well as fifty-fifty counsel person Biblically when I’m bitter or angry.

But God wants something meliorate for me.

Christian faith is non a pretense. It's a reality. 

It's "putting off" our old sin nature as well as "putting on" our novel nature.

Please cause got a minute as well as read Ephesians 4:22-24.

This passage gives us the telephone substitution to growing inwards Christ: pose off, pose on...it's active, non passive.

We don’t sit down as well as human face for God to cause got away our addictions as well as sins. We actively participate inwards their destruction.*

We capture lies amongst truth (2 Corinthians 10:5).

We substitution discouragement for thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6).

We supersede excuses amongst confession (1 John 1:8-10).

We destroy bitterness amongst forgiveness (Ephesians 4:31-32).

We unopen the frig as well as select grip of our Bible (Matthew 4:4).

* We can't create this inwards our ain power, exactly nosotros must actively participate amongst God's locomote inwards us (Philippians 2:12-13).

If you lot cause got whatever unique ways of putting off your old man, delight part them inwards a comment! 
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