The Firstfruits of the New Creation
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John 17:1-19, James 1:18, Philippians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:1-9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 8:18-25
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Since 2012, She Reads Truth has maintained a singular mission: to be women in the Word of God every day. Ten years later, our community includes “Shes” from across the globe, but our mission hasn’t changed.
Reading Scripture together is the centerpiece of what we do at She Reads Truth. As we spend time as a community reading This Is The Church, we encourage you to start by reading the daily Scripture on your own. Then join us here to engage and encourage one another as we respond to what we’ve read. Each day for this series, we’ll include a brief summary of the reading along with a prompt for conversation.
The Church is a display of Christ’s active work making all things new. As citizens of the eternal kingdom of God, we live in this world yet long for our true and eternal home.
Discussion Question: In light of today’s reading, how can you better live out the truth that we are a new creation commissioned by God?
Take time to reflect on your Scripture reading and today’s question. Share what you are learning with others in the community in the comments.
90 thoughts on "The Firstfruits of the New Creation"
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For the past 2 years my husband and I have been fixing up our new home and land. It was the neighborhood eye sore, and many of our neighbors have shared their excitement at seeing it finally cleaned up – literally making it something new! As we have slowly gotten to know some of them many will call out greetings as they walk by or work in their own yards, they share kind observations about our family and children playing happily….basically they are seeing how different we live. It was my heart’s desire when we decided to settle down here. We were looking in so many different areas around us, but I feel like God called us here, and finds joy in seeing us live “set apart” for others to see. Some I know are believers and it has been mutually encouraging to us and them, and for others, it is a chance to see God working and moving.
Reminds me of the song by 7eventh Time Down – God Is On The Move -
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By telling myself that TODAY is a new day. Clean slate. By allowing myself some grace. Something that is very HARD for me to do. I had a counseling appointment yesterday and this is exactly what she wants me to do. It’s not easy. Things at work are still very challenging but I want to live out this TRUTH and sometimes that is so hard. And I don’t want to mess it up or be a bad example, but I also want to speak up when I need to. And because I love Jesus so much and I don’t want to mis represent HIM. I want to do it with the same grace that is extended to me. I’m not sure if I answer the question correctly but these are my thoughts this morning.
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….we live in this world yet Long for our true and eternal home. Perhaps today! How can I live out The truth that we are a new creation commissioned by God?
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Yes, April, we need to show more mercy and grace to everyone around us…even if we don’t immediately like them. We were sinners when God chose us, so we should pay it forward grace and mercy for others.
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“Hope that is seen is not hope, for why does one still hope for what he sees?” Romans 8:24. Wow. This one really stood out to me today. God asks us to trust Him, and that is really scary and hard. It requires risk. But I guess thats the point of faith, and stepping out in faith. Surrendering all control and the need to know what will happen. We wouldn’t need faith and hope if we knew how everything was gonna turn out. We are just passing through this world. Everything that we go through can be used for His glory and for our good. But we have to let Him use it.
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“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.” – Romans 8:18
This verse stood out to me today. We are all suffering here on earth because it’s not our true home. We need to show more grace, mercy, and forgiveness to people just as Jesus does for us. It’s not easy, but we need to remember as humans we all have the same trials and tribulations, we are more alike than we think. -
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.” – Romans 8:18
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