Daily Devotional
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Saturday 12 September 2026
Kill the Old Self
„Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth.”
The gospel is grace, but not a soft handling of the old self. Paul doesn't say that you should nurture sinful patterns, understand them, and let them quietly grow out. He says: kill them. That sounds firm, because it is firm. God doesn't want to just slightly improve you; He wants what belongs to the old life to no longer have the right to rule. But we often make sin much too comfortable. We call it a struggle, while in the meantime we feed it. The question is: do you crucify the flesh, or do you give it just enough food to stay alive?
Proclamation
I put to death what belongs to my old life. Sin has no right to rule over me. I have died with Christ, and my life is hidden with Him in God.
Prayer
Lord, grant me holy determination. Let me not spare what You want to kill. Form me according to the new life in Christ. Amen.
— Robin Prijs
