Galatians 6 &5; 2 Corinthians 5; Galatians 6 &2

Thank you, Father, that in Christ Jesus my past “religious” efforts in this flesh avail nothing. What matters is your new creation in me through the presence and power of your Holy Spirit. Now I live by faith working through love.

For now I am in Christ, and I am a new creation. The old has passed away, and behold, all things have become new. Now I am of God, and I am reconciled to you, Father, through Christ Jesus.

I have nothing to boast about in my own works and everything to boast about in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ. By Jesus’ cross and love for me, the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

For I now see clearly that God is not mocked; whatever I sow is what I will reap. If I sow to my flesh, of the flesh I will reap corruption. If I sow to the Spirit, of the Spirit I will reap everlasting life.

Hallelujah, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loves me and gave himself for me.