2010-12-12

Today's Verse:
"So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" - 2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Heavenly Father,

Who are we? The identity is one of the fundamental issue we have, in life or in religious point of view. In psychology point of view - "We are only what we think"!

Thank you Father, for giving us the bible, which have all the answers to our questions. Since the bible defined what a WHOLE person is like, then we can derived our identity from it!

• Wholeness:
  "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." - 1 Thessalonians 5:23
  
• SPIRIT:
  "The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person" - Zechariah 12:1
  
• SOUL:
  Genesis 2:7 - Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
  
• BODY:
  "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. " - 2 Corinthians 4:7
  

Father, we are getting old by the second.

So Father, help us to remember that our lives are gifts from You and our health condition is a blessing from You. Help us to remember to be kind and patient to other people, just like You, who loves us. Grant us strength, wisdom, love, patience, compassionate and understanding.

Thank You, Father, for we know whom we are in Christ and we will never ever loose our identity.

In Christ's glorious Name we pray, Amen.