Two Things

Good Morning, My Friend!! Most prescriptions for change involve doing two things. If we want to lose weight, we must eat less and exercise more. Financial freedom involves cutting what we spend while increasing the amount we save. Good relationships develop when we listen to others, instead of simply talking about ourselves. One essential of change is negative while the other is positive. It takes both to transform us from who we are into the people we hope to be.

The time has come,” He said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”—Mark 1:15 (NIV)

In the Gospels, it’s interesting how often the call of Jesus required people to do two things.To repent means to turn away from our self-serving lives in which we, not God, are in charge. But if all we do is repent, then we’ve lost something without gaining anything in exchange. We need to do the second thing,...believe the good news. Negative and positive. Stop and start. Decrease and increase. That’s how we change as we abandon the self-life and embrace the Christ-life. That’s the beauty of following Jesus and learning how much we can change when we’re willing to do the two things.

Through repentance I turn away from sin, and by faith I embrace God’s forgiveness, acknowledging Jesus as Master of my life.

To ask, “Should I repent or should I believe the good news?” is like asking, “Which is more important, the left wing or right wing on an airplane?” We all know it takes both to fly.—Dave McCasland

"Your past, is not your future,...Let It Go"