Mudança de vida
A mudança de vida é possível em Cristo. Não importa o passado, qual foi o erro ou quão fundo a queda — Deus renova, restaura e transforma completamente aquele que se volta para Ele.
Nova vida em Cristo
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criação é. Deus nos dá coração novo, mente renovada e esperança para o futuro.
That’s why anyone who is in Christ is a new being—what was old is gone, the new has come!
Create a pure mind in me, God, and make me trustworthy again.
Don’t expel me from your presence; don’t take away your Holy Spirit from me.
Give me back the happiness of your salvation; help me to have a willing nature.
So I encourage you, my brothers and sisters, because of God’s compassion for you, to dedicate your bodies as a living offering that is holy and pleasing to God. This is the logical way to worship. Don’t follow the ways of this world; instead be transformed by the spiritual renewal of your mind so you can demonstrate what God’s will really is—good, pleasing, and perfect.
I’ve been crucified with Christ— so it’s no longer I who lives, but it is Christ living in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me, and who gave himself for me.
Passos para a transformação
A mudança começa com confissão, fé e decisão. Deus é fiel para perdoar e completar a boa obra que começou em nós.
But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
I know what I intend to do for you, declares the Lord. I plan good things for you and not bad. I’m going to give you a future and a hope.
Don’t worry about anything, but take everything to God in prayer, explaining your requests to him and thanking him for all he does. Then the peace that comes from God, which is better than we can ever imagine, will protect your thoughts and attitudes in Christ Jesus.
Make sure you work hard so you can present yourself to God and gain his approval. Be a worker that doesn’t need to be embarrassed, using the word of truth correctly.
Coragem para mudar
Não temas, porque Deus está contigo. Ele nos fortalece para sermos sal da terra e nos dá palavras que edificam e transformam.
Be strong! Be brave! Don’t be frightened or terrified of them, because the Lord your God will go with you. He won’t ever leave you or abandon you.
You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, how can you make it salty again? It’s good for nothing, so it’s thrown out and trodden down.
Don’t use bad language. Speak words that will encourage people as necessary, so that those who listen will be helped.
So we don’t give up. Even though our physical bodies are falling apart, our inner selves are being renewed daily. These trivial troubles we have only last for a little while, but they produce for us an ever-increasing degree of glory. We don’t concern ourselves with what can be seen, for we look forward to what can’t be seen. What we see is temporary, but what we can’t see is eternal.