PrayerBits
A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church
Wednesday
Scripture lesson: Ephesians 4:17-24 Counter-Cultural church
Time to reflect: The “Gentiles” in verse 17 is what we refer to as “the modern culture.” Many of the addressees of this book were gentiles (non-Jews) by birth, but Paul is calling on them to reject some of the evil aspects of the culture around them.
Moving through the day: What areas of our culture do we need to reject? Pray to God for guidance and strength in this matter
Ephesians 4:17-24
The Old Life and the New
17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. 18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart. 19They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy to practise every kind of impurity. 20That is not the way you learned Christ! 21For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus. 22You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, 23and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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