Oct 31 2026 … No More Masks

Oct 31 2026 …  No More Masks

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …    and PLEASE take the time to listen to Zach Williams singing … Less Like Me … calling on Christians to live less like themselves (ourselves) and more like Jesus 

Taking off our masks ... 

 

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 4:24 [NLT]

…   24  Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy.   

… Paul calls on Christians to put on the new image of Christlikeness.    

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 4:20-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

…   The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to live lives which are true to their (our) faith in Christ.

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Reference Passage: …  Romans 12: 1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul charges and teaches fellow Christians to become living sacrifices, avoiding living like the world and living more like Christ. 

 

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 15:49 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul declares that all Christians become new and live to be like Christ.

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 5:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Certainly, Paul teaches fellow Christians that they (we) become new persons, becoming more like their (our) Lord.  

Reference Passage: …  Galatians 2:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul testifies to the transformation of himself when he died to himself and began to live for Christ.

Reference Passage: Philippians 1:6, 3:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul assured and taught fellow Christians that they (we) are being made over into the image of Christ.

Reference Passage: 1John 3:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John also declared that Christians will become more like Christ than ever before when He comes again.

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Brent Hackett  …  USE THIS LINK   who wrote of how, in ancient Greece, actors wore masks to take on various roles with the same actor; or changing masks to take on different emotions.   And the ODB author made the point that we humans often take on various “masks” to have ourselves seen as different that we really are.  However, as Christians, the Scriptures above, and most certainly the linked song, call on us to live as Christ would have us live … as Christ would live thru us. 

I really find myself convicted by the linked song and reshaped in the reality of living to BE more like Christ; and I’m uplifted by the truth that one day, on my last day, I will become just like my Savior.   Doesn’t that lift you up and challenge us to take off our masks and live to be more like Jesus today than yesterday and even more Him tomorrow?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, again today I say thank You for making me over into Your image.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for helping us to become more like You.  …  Amen

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