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Ephesians 4:24-25, 28-29, 31-32 NLT
Put on your new nature, created to be like God - truly righteous and holy.

So stop...
If you are a _____, quit ____. 
Instead....

Don't____  
Let everything...

Get rid of all ____
Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted...
Ephesians 4:24-25, 28-29, 31-32 NLT
If Paul cared about New Year's Resolutions he may well have referred us to this part of his letter to the people in the church in Ephesus.
Here he invites them into new life with Jesus.
Invites them to put off the Old Life, and like a new jacket, put on New Life. He then gives some examples of doing that by choosing to stop some activity or way of being, an Old Life practice, and replace it with a New Life practice. 
These New Life practices are not an end in themselves, but are initmitely connected to following Jesus.
In our culture at this time of year there's an invitation to change something.
Paul's wisdom is not to stop or start something new, but to replace. To put off the old and put on the new, and that it's part of being more like God, holy, there's a spirit connection here.
What is it that needs replacing?
What are you being invited into as 2025 kicks off?
#wisdom
#invitation 
#tobeholy

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