You’ve changed

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17

As a believer, do you sometimes forget that you already ARE changed from who you could have been? Sometimes I only see how far I have to go, and forget that He’s done quite a work already, whether or not I notice it very often.

Jenna has been posting lots of new songs to me this week. The lyrics of this one point out some specific changes that God makes in each of us:

You have changed the way I do everything
You have changed the way I wear my wedding ring
You have changed the way I treat my family
You have changed the way I see all my friends
You have changed the way that I spend my time
You have changed the way that I use my mind

And we can praise God that He’s not finished changing us yet!

Changed
Phil Joel
LYRICS

Verse 1:
I wrote a letter today
And what I wrote
Was my own obituary
Cause from the graveyard of self
You have resurrected me

Chorus:
I sing Jesus
You have changed the way I do everything
You have changed the way I see everything

Verse 2:
With You I begin
Everyday the same
And I’m gonna drink deep
That is why I came
Cause truth is a river flowing
Renewal for your mind
Let it set your heart free
The way that it did mine

Chorus

Verse 3:
Looked in the mirror today
And what I saw was not the same as yesterday
Cause more and more You’re Transforming and rearranging me

Chorus

Bridge:
You have changed the way I do everything
You have changed the way I wear my wedding ring
You have changed the way I treat my family
You have changed the way I see all my friends
You have changed the way that I spend my time
You have changed the way that I use my mind
You have changed the things I spend money on
You have changed everything I ever thought was mine
You have changed my emotions
You have steadied me
You have changed my eyes and what I let them see
You have changed the course of my history
Thank God You’re still changing me!

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