NEW BEGINNINGS
Daily DevotionalCultivate perspective each day this week.
Daily DevotionalCultivate perspective each day this week.
January 2: Embrace your Identity
- Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 – So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!
- Meditation: As children of God with connection to the Christian faith, we believe we are made new. Love offers this grace and holds such transformative power. Embrace the identity God has given you as a new creation.
- Spiritual Discipline: Create a list of positive affirmations based on your identity in Christ and reflect on them throughout the day.
SONGS:
- I Am Changing from Dreamgirls: https://youtu.be/MNJBWyYUr1k?si=sPS_atogkeGrnbWC
- Begin Again by Taylor Swift: https://youtu.be/cMPEd8m79Hw?si=yByH0aqlpYbu7qJH
- Made New by Lincoln Brewster: https://youtu.be/jd4qtmDGIWQ?si=Y4XRgJwqKsoWYSlK
God’s grace is not defined as God being forgiving to us even though we sin. Grace is when God is a source of wholeness, which makes up for my failings. My failings hurt me and others and even the planet, and God’s grace to me is that my brokenness is not the final word … it’s that God makes beautiful things out of even my own shit. Grace isn’t about God creating humans and flawed beings and then acting all hurt when we inevitably fail and then stepping in like the hero to grant us grace – like saying, “Oh, it’s OK, I’ll be the good guy and forgive you.” It’s God saying, “I love the world too much to let your sin define you and be the final word. I am a God who makes all things new. — Nadia Bolz-Weber
Jan 2 Daily Devotional