I am new and becoming more improved every day.

Every day I see.

You are working in and on and through me. 

Lord with all my heart I pray.

That I would stay out of Your way.

That I would hear and obey.

That You would have over me prefect sway.

I pray that I will help others see.

That You can make them new and set them free.

I pray they will long to live in You.

And ask You into their lives too. Amen

New And Improved!

In advertising you hear the words "New and improved a lot." But if  you look closely some times it is the same old stuff with a little more sugar, filling, or whatever added. Or maybe they improved the strength by not diluting it as much. Sometimes they redo the packaging or rearrange the look of the product. I mean after all if it is new it is a new product. Any way When I met Jesus He started working on making me new and improved. I say started because He isn't done yet. I still have the same body but He has promised me a new one. I have improved because I don't like, say, or do some of the things I use to. But I am still very short of being Christ like or fully having the mind of Christ. But He has promised me that some day I will obtain this. I believe His promises. So to me it is a done deal I am new in Christ born again and He is improving me. Everyday when my conscience is pricked, or their is a check in my spirit, or I see an answer to prayer, or gain more understanding and more; I see Him at work. It builds my faith and gives me hope and reassures me that God will keep His promises. I may not see them while I live in this vessel of flesh on this planet. But I know I will see all God's promises fulfilled when I am with Him in heaven. But what keeps me chasing after these promises and God is my love for Him and my belief that I can get pretty close to obtaining these promises while here on earth. I want to see how close I can get. Another reason I chase after God and His promises is that science He came into my heart and life I have come to hate evil and want to cling to what is good. Evil is such a stench to me that I don't want it in me, on me, or near me. This also causes me to want to help others out of that stench and into God and what is good. Because the love of God is in me I want others to receive new and improved lives too. The Lord gives opportunity for this every day. This comes in the form of  how I treat others and what I say to others. Also in how I represent, or reflect Jesus to them. Some times I am aware of  doing this and some times I am not. Because how I live my life from day to day can help people see God and be drawn to Him or it can turn them off to Him. It could even lead people astray. I must be careful and trust God to continue the good work He started in me.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things are new. 2 Corinthians 5:17, Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; Philippians 1:6, Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. 1 Timothy 4:16,

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