Week 12: Living as a Disciple
Salvation isn’t just about checking a box or believing the right things; it’s about becoming a whole new person. In Today's reading, Paul reminds us that if we’re in Christ, we’ve been raised to new life, and that means letting go of our old habits, mindsets, and ways of living. It’s not always easy (sometimes we slip back into old patterns), but the invitation is to keep setting our hearts and minds on things above. Today, let’s take a moment to think about the ways Jesus is reshaping who we are.
Read Colossians 3:1-10 (ESV)
“ If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator”
Reflection:
What old habits, attitudes, or mindsets do I need to leave behind?
How does God empower us to live as a new creation?