S - vs 11 When you came to Christ you were circumcised but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision - the cutting away of your sinful nature.
O - This is a verse that was highlighted in my FITTING ROOM reading yesterday. Circumcision kind of grosses me out but I know Paul used this because the Jews would get this comparison!
Many times in trying to put on all of the Christian virtues I think I've got to have it altogether at once. And yesterday I was reminded that getting rid of my sinful nature is a process and takes time to cut it away. There's gonna be times when I finally start doing better with patience forgiveness and kindness and then pride will slip in and he'll have to start cutting away again.
Galatians 6:9 is encouraging to me: "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up!" So I can keep practicing and keep practicing and I will mess up but if I persevere the Christian virtues I'm practicing will come out at the right time!
A - I've got to stop feeling like I have to have it all together. Instead let God cut away all the unnecessary and the sin and keep practicing because I will get better at the virtues I need to be like Christ.
P - Rec Camp was great last night. We had 9 new kids come for a whopping total of 29!!! We were very excited. Please pray that those who need to come to know Jesus will and those who need more time will not get pulled away and we can keep ministering to them!
God I praise you for being so powerful that you can take my sin and mold it into something beautiful for you. Help me today to be aware of sin I'm holding on to and help me to walk away from it!
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