Application Day
Wednesday — Application Day
What's hanging in your spiritual closet that you haven't worn in years — but still haven't thrown out?
Today's Scripture: "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." — Romans 6:11
Reflection:
The pastor shared a vivid picture Sunday: cleaning out a closet full of shirts he doesn't wear anymore. He said the day he decided to follow Jesus, he got a new favorite shirt — the shirt of righteousness. But putting it on means intentionally taking off the old ones: bitterness, envy, offense, guilt, shame.
Romans 6 isn't just a theological chapter about what happened at salvation. It's a daily practice. The word "reckon" means to count it as true — to actively choose to see yourself the way God sees you. Dead to sin. Alive to God. Free.
Here's the practical problem: when we stay sin-conscious — constantly focused on our failures and shortcomings — we actually walk right back into the patterns we're trying to escape. The pastor described this from his own life. Awareness of sin without the truth of grace becomes a chain, not a compass.
The good news? You don't have to earn a new identity. You already have one. You just have to put it on.
Today's Application: This morning — or right now — say this out loud: "I am dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Then identify one specific attitude (bitterness, guilt, comparison) you've been wearing that doesn't belong to the new you. Ask God to help you take it off today.
A Closing Thought: You can't give forgiveness, grace, or love to others from an empty closet. Fill yours first — with what Christ already provided.
What's hanging in your spiritual closet that you haven't worn in years — but still haven't thrown out?
Today's Scripture: "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." — Romans 6:11
Reflection:
The pastor shared a vivid picture Sunday: cleaning out a closet full of shirts he doesn't wear anymore. He said the day he decided to follow Jesus, he got a new favorite shirt — the shirt of righteousness. But putting it on means intentionally taking off the old ones: bitterness, envy, offense, guilt, shame.
Romans 6 isn't just a theological chapter about what happened at salvation. It's a daily practice. The word "reckon" means to count it as true — to actively choose to see yourself the way God sees you. Dead to sin. Alive to God. Free.
Here's the practical problem: when we stay sin-conscious — constantly focused on our failures and shortcomings — we actually walk right back into the patterns we're trying to escape. The pastor described this from his own life. Awareness of sin without the truth of grace becomes a chain, not a compass.
The good news? You don't have to earn a new identity. You already have one. You just have to put it on.
Today's Application: This morning — or right now — say this out loud: "I am dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Then identify one specific attitude (bitterness, guilt, comparison) you've been wearing that doesn't belong to the new you. Ask God to help you take it off today.
A Closing Thought: You can't give forgiveness, grace, or love to others from an empty closet. Fill yours first — with what Christ already provided.