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In Christ Alone‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will’. We all need to be sure and confident that we are walking in God’s will – his good, pleasing and perfect will. Keith Getty, who wrote the song ‘In Christ Alone’, reflects on this passage: ‘In Romans 12 we cannot get away from the fact that our spiritual act of worship is the offering of our whole lives – and that this can only by done by the ‘renewing of our minds’. What we are trying to do is to create material for the church that will bring a renewal of worship through a renewal of the mind. We are seeking to create hymns that engage the emotions by focusing the mind on the wonder of what God has done for us in Christ’. I need this renewal that Keith is talking about, God’s power to keep me going and living in the way of Christ. All of us need this power of God’s spirit upon us and within us. We are going to take our inspiration for the services leading up to Easter from that modern hymn: ‘In Christ Alone’, so I invite you to be renewed, strengthened and focused on Christ alone this Easter. Have a happy Easter. Sam Wright |
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