7/2/25 Daily Devotion: Is Your Life New?

Romans 6:4-11 - “4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”

Are you ALIVE? … really, truly ALIVE to God in Christ Jesus?

Paul explains here that there are only two ways to exist on this planet:

• WAY 1: Enslaved to sin. Separated from God. … put another way, Alive to sin. Dead to God.

• WAY 2: Dead to sin. ALIVE IN JESUS.

• What is more alive in you … your sin or Jesus?

• What causes you to act, react or make decisions more often … your sin or Jesus?

• What influences your emotions & state of mind more frequently … your sin or Jesus?

Are you actively walking in NEWNESS OF LIFE?

• How does Jesus help you LOVE in a way that you couldn’t before?

• How does Jesus produce a JOY in you that you never knew before?

• How do you experience Jesus’ unexplainable PEACE in circumstances that used to produce only fear & anxiety?

If you struggle to answer those questions … maybe there is a NEW LIFE in Jesus still waiting for you to step in to!

But HOW?! … Paul gives us a 3 Step Process to step into this NEW LIFE later in Romans 12:1-2:

• STEP 1: SACRIFICE YOUR SELF

• Get out of the way! Give up your attempts at enacting your own will on your life!

• Sin is choosing our own way over God’s Way … your own self is your biggest enemy … give your self to God, wholly & completely!

• STEP 2: GOD TRANSFORMS YOU

• God takes your sacrifice of self and gives you your self back COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED!!

• This Transformed self is the version of you that God Himself created you to be … strengthened & powered BY HIS SPIRIT!

• STEP 3: OBEY HIS WILL

• God Transforms you SO THAT you would step out in Faith WITH HIM to do the Good Works that He has prepared for you to do.

• When we live by His Strength & Power we are able to see & do His Will!

If you are not experiencing God’s NEWNESS OF LIFE … revisit the altar in your heart, have you actually given yourself up to be transformed by Him?

LIVE ALIVE!