EPHESIANS 4:17

“So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.”

TO PONDER

Although Christians have received new life from our Lord Jesus Christ, we still live in a world that does not honour or even know God and whose moral outlook is darkened by their ungodliness. As Christians we have an obligation to influence the moral standards of our society. But influence happens both ways. Christians can be overwhelmed by waves of ungodly trends popular in the society.  We, as Christians, should not behave according to the commonly accepted practices of society. Ungodly people, through repeatedly ignoring the warnings of conscience, can easily lose those feelings of guilt that conscience produces. They then live solely to please themselves, without thought for others. Christians, by contrast, should act according to the teaching and example of Jesus. We must put off attitudes that belong to their former way of life. We must have a new way of life, where our thinking is changed and our practices examined in the light of our new life in God.

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, I pray that you would help me to work honestly, help others, control my tongue, and empower me with your Holy Spirit so that my life might be characterised by love, kindness, compassion, understanding and forgiveness. Amen

Today's devotion written by Francis Leung, LifeWay Epping