CHRIST SAVED ME!!! HE made me NEW IN HIM!!! HE CHANGED ME!!! HE CHANGED MY LIFE!!! And all that OLD STUFF is gone!!! (It died when the OLD MAN that was me died.)

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

When Christ died on the cross for us, HE took our sins, sicknesses, our human frailties, and our all that was the old man with HIM!!! ALL those old things died with HIM on the cross!!!

When HE rose from the dead, HE brought forth new life!!! HE brought forth NEW LIFE for each and every person who has declared Him as Savior and LORD of their life!!!

With the NEW Life that HE has given us, HE has given us HOPE!!!

Romans 15:13 (KJV) Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

GOD LOVES US!!! GOD IS LOVE!!! And if we are GOD’s KIDS, then we LOVE others!!! HIS WORD says, that if we don’t LOVE others then we don’t know GOD!!!

1 John 4:7-16 (AMP)

⁷Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
⁸The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]
⁹By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.
¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath].
¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
¹³By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit.
¹⁴We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

¹⁵Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
¹⁶We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.

GOD’s LOVE perfects us and it sets us apart from others!!! We show LOVE and we have compassion when others don’t!!!

John 13:34-35 (AMP)

³⁴I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another.

³⁵By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”

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The song below and the video that is linked to the title of this post are both inspired by GOD!!! Don’t just listen to the words, but hear them in your heart!!!

"Made New" - Lincoln Brewster

You're calling me over
You're pulling me close

With love You surround me
You give me hope

Yeah, Yeah

Yeah…

You're taking me deeper
You're making me whole
With grace You redeem me, Yeah
You restore my soul

Now I'm made new
Because of You

Yeah!

You hold my head up
You remind me who I am

You hold my head up
I'm alive in You again

I'm made new
I'm made new

You're making me stronger
You're healing my heart

With Your hands You hold me
And… You set me apart

Now I'm made new
Because of You

Yeah!

You hold my head up
You remind me who I am

You hold my head up
I'm alive in You again

I'm made new
I'm made new

You are my salvation
I will not fear
You're the strength of my life
I won't fear

You are my salvation
I will not fear
You're the strength of my life
I won't fear… No

You hold my head up
You remind me who I am

You hold my head up
I'm alive in You again
… I'm alive in You again (in background)

I'm made new
I'm made new

Whoaaaa… Yeah…

You hold my head up
You hold my head up
You hold my head up