Superstition
Or tradition
Can’t change your heart
For a fresh start!

There’s just one way
To righteousness:
Christ within me,
Hope of glory!
(Colossians 1:27)

Can’t follow rules
In what you do?
Make a fresh start.
Let the Ruler
Rule inside you.
Be transformed by
A renewed mind
And a new heart.
(Ezekiel 36:26)

An inner friend,
How can it be?
Jesus the Christ
Lives inside me!
Jesus is my
Interior
Decorator,
And risen Lord.
He arranges
My feelings
And my desires–
Even my thoughts.
Jesus inspires
Me from within
Empowering
Me to resist
Life’s temptations
And to turn
Away from sin.
Christ produces
His inner fruit
Deep down within.
And makes it flow
Like rivers of
Living water
And grow and grow.
Thank You, my Friend,
My Lord, my God!
(Galatians 5:13-25)

Prosperity
Is Christ in me,
Not more money
In my account.
(3 John 1:2)

Jesus wants you to be more than His servant, (Romans 1:1) His sheep, (John 10:27) and His student. (Matthew 11:29) He wants you to be His friend. (John 15:15). Come closer to Christ throughout each day. (Matthew 11:28)

True discipleship begins with friendship with Jesus. The more you get to know Him and surrender your heart to Him, the more you will become like Him. (Luke 6:40) The more you will keep His commandments. (John 14:14)

Without heart-to-heart friendship with the risen Jesus, there’s no discipleship. Let Christ continually train and empower you to obey Him.

If you are a Christian think about and say the name of Jesus Christ much more than you think about and say any other name. (Philippians 2:9) Focus on the risen Jesus much more than on any other person, place, or thing. (Hebrews 12:2)