FIRST

Here is something to think about...

• Was your last previous kiss as exciting as your FIRST?
• Did saying "I love you" to your spouse give you the same rush as the FIRST time?
• Are you as excited today about Jesus as the FIRST day you met Him?
• Are you as much of a new creation today as you were the FIRST day you were saved?(ahh, yea that's a good one...)
• What have you done to grow spiritually from the FIRST day you were saved?

Take the first two questions for example. In life after we repeatedly do things they loose there "wow" factor if you will. It's human nature, it's reality. When I am listening to a sermon or reading my bible I try to comprehend everything with a new attitude, like I am learning it for the first time. I think one of the most dangerous things a Christian can do is listen to something and say "Oh I've heard this before" or "same sermon as before". You can hear something 50 times and, with the right attitude, get something different out of it each time, and maybe that 51st time you finally actually GET IT and can share it with someone who needs what you have just learned.

2 Corinthians 5:17: This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 18 And all of this is a gift from God...

I have heard this scripture numerous times. It went through my head this morning and I realized something. NEW PERSON...when I have heard this taught it has been talking about when someone gets saved old things are gone, washed clean, they are a new person. Where in that scripture does it when when someone gets saved? I says if anyone is in Christ he is a NEW CREATURE. I'm in Christ, I'm just as new now as when I first got saved. AND this is yet ANOTHER gift from God.

I encourage you to relearn things you already think you know, make what is repetitive new and just as exciting as the first time you heard it. Pick your favorite or most talked about scripture and dig into it, pick it apart and learn something new. You can never, ever know everything there is to know about God, He is too amazing for that. Learn something new today.