1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV) 11When I was a child, I talked like a child; I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I become a man, I put childish ways behind me.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) 7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast-as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.

We reject change. We don’t like it. Why do it? The answer to that question is many and varied, but essentially, we change because circumstances lead us to change. If we ignore those circumstances and respond negatively to their persuasion, the results may not be desirable. When we accept Christ, we become a new creation. It then becomes our responsibility to take the appropriate action. We must change. We must “get rid of”, “put off”, “leave behind”, those aspects of our lives that characterize us as the unredeemed. Then we must adopt a new set of standards and be confirmed to the images of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We must, out of love honor and respect, CHANGE

Your Servants,
The Deacons