Listen

Create a clean heart for me, God; put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!

Psalm 51:10

Think

There are some people we just don’t like. Let’s be honest. We would rather avoid them when they approach us. We can’t stand certain mannerisms they have or opinions they spout; they just get under our skin. Every thought we have toward them is unkind. How can we be renewed in our thinking about these persons in our lives?

One of the best ways to break a bad habit is to put a new and better habit in its place. Taking my cue from Jesus’ instruction to “take the log out of my own eye, before I try to remove a speck in another person’s eye,” I have started a new habit. Whenever I find myself looking critically at another person, I stop myself and ask, “What is it in ME that is so bothered?” How can I change MY attitude, so I can see this person the way God does?

Rob Mueller

Pray

Lord, the only person I can truly change is myself. And I can’t even do that without your help! When I notice myself being irritated today, help me learn to look first to my own attitude. Amen.

Go

So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!

2 Corinthians 5:17

God has already begun the work of renewal in you.

Decide today to live from the new and not from the old!