What a list! And if you’re like me that can feel like an overwhelming checklist of things I need to do to be a good Christian.
But this isn’t a HOW TO be a Christian – that’s by faith and grace. These are marks of an already Christian. And they are things we’re called to as Christians. Things to live up to and pray for and live out. There’s a few things on here (if I’m being honest way more than a few) that I need to pray for more of and be conscious of. But praise God too that as we seek Him and spend time with Him, He does the work. He transforms. He renews. He makes new. That doesn’t mean we don’t put in the work of obedience and seeking and putting sin to death. But we could never accomplish these things on our own.
God, help the You in Me be so evident. Help me to live these things out. Show me the things you want to change in me.