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OUR DAILY BREAD                  Thursday, December 1, 1994
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READ:  2 Corinthians 5:12-21

                    "CHANGED"

 "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
    old things have passed away; behold, all
             things have become new.

              - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Years ago in Northern Ireland, an alcoholic cried out to
Christ in desperation.  He asked the Lord to save his
soul from sin and to rescue him from his addiction.  He
became a Christian, and by the power of Christ he stopped
drinking.

His old friends at the pub dismissed his conversion as a
passing phase.  "Give him a month," they said, "and he'll
be back on the bottle."

But a month went by and he hadn't touched a drop.  So
they tried to mock him out of his new faith.  "Do you
believe that part of the Bible where Jesus turned the
water into wine?"

"Indeed I do," he replied.

"Would you ask Him to do that for us?  It would be nice
of Him to oblige us.  Or do you think that was just
something made up about Him to get the likes of you
converted?"

The man responded, "I do believe Jesus turned water into
wine.  In fact, he did better than that for me.  He
turned liquor into furniture and food.  Just ask my
family."

Faith in Christ brings about a radical change in the
heart that transforms behavior (2 Cor. 5:17).  Evil
habits drop off.  New desires replace old ones.

If you want such a change in your life, receive Jesus
as your Savior and Lord.

    -- Haddon W. Robinson

  What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought
           Since Jesus came into my heart!
  I have light in my soul for which long I had sought,
    Since Jesus came into my heart!

    --McDaniel

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        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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The new birth creates a new appetite.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Romans 5-8

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