Daily writing prompt

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?

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I believed that the Bible was a book written by people and full of religious myths (and perhaps a bit of ancient wisdom). I had never read it and never intended to. Then one day something amazing happened inside my heart. Although I was an agnostic who didn’t believe in Jesus, in an instant He became real to me and suddenly I had a strong desire to find a Bible and read it.

I read and read and read. I couldn’t put it down. It spoke powerfully to me and revealed the secrets of my heart. Bit by bit I began to believe that different parts of the Bible were truly holy and divinely inspired, simply because they impacted me so powerfully and filled me with insight and understanding that I never had before. After about two years of reading the Bible for hours each day, I realized that I was convinced that it is a supernatural book inspired by the living God.

Continually reading the Bible (as a love letter from God, not as a religious textbook) began to empower me to live Jesus day and night. O what lasting change! I’ve been reading God’s Book and living Jesus ever since then. I woke up this morning with these thoughts:

Lived experience changes lives. Lectures seldom do. Live Jesus. To go to church is one thing; to live Jesus is another. Live Jesus here, there, and everywhere.

Jesus lived fills your life with His life. Jesus lectured feeds you a few facts about Him. To truly live is to live Jesus.

Live Jesus. Connect heart-to-heart with Him and bend your will to His. Let Him stream in your mind, in your heart, and in your life, today, tomorrow, and forever.

Everything we do that brings us closer to Jesus pleases God. Everything we do that distances us from Jesus displeased God. Make it your life’s mission to live Jesus!

Live Jesus every day,
In what you do
And what you say.
Obey Him in every way.
Never let your heart stray.
Begin to live and breathe
Jesus today!