"Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God - truly righteous and holy." Ephesians 4:22-24 The society we live in today puts so much pressure on us to live up to an unrealistic, "perfect" standard. Society tells us that we need to collect ourselves through our failures and faults and put on the image that everything is fine when we may in fact be struggling. Fake it until you make it, right? Wrong. That's the thing; Paul says to the Ephesians to be like God in the renewing of our hearts. Jesus never asked us for perfection. He doesn't care if we mess up and fall down. He understands that our humanness and sinful nature will deceive us. But Jesus says to simply look to Him. Let Him transform our failures into victories. Let Him transform ...
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