February 7, 2023 - Romans 6:4

“For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.” Romans 6:4 NLT

Jesus, we are so grateful that you came so that we could be redeemed. You made a way for us to be forgiven and made holy. You have taken away the sin that separates us from you. Through you our old selfish and sinful self has been put to death. You have brought us to life again and made us new. We will spend eternity rejoicing with you over this fact. It is the best thing that ever happened to us. We thank you so much for all that you have done to purchase our new life.

Lord, help us to live that new life in a way that brings you honor and glory for all that you have done for us. Help us on a daily basis die to our selfish desires. Transform our thinking so that we don’t think with the mindset of the culture around us, but we think with a heavenly mindset. Help us change our values and our actions to line up with your kingdom principles. Open our minds to recognize thoughts, actions, habits, attitudes, etc. that are not of you and don’t bring you glory. Help us change those things. We want to die to them daily and live set free from them. We want to live like the new creation that you are making us into. You have changed us from the caterpillar who crawls in the dust, to the beautiful butterfly that can fly about. We thank you so much for the transformation. We don’t want to keep crawling in the dust even though we have wings. We want to fly and live in the freedom you have bought for us. You have given us this freedom, but we don’t want to use it for our glory. We want to take this new life and dedicate it back to you. Tell us what you want from us, and we will obey. For you are worthy. You died for us, and we will live for you.

In Jesus name, amen.