By DiAnn Mills @diannmills

Welcome to week five of Faith Friday in our Adventure with God. The letter N stands for New Life. We hear the phrase from the pulpit, in devotions, commentaries, and books designed to enrich our spiritual lives. But do we fully understand what it means? 

“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 ESV

Man is born without the knowledge of God being all we need. When God created man, He put within us a need for relationship, security, and significance. God intended for those innate needs to be met in Him. Unfortunately, we mess up and try other ways of fulfilling this need, often eliminating God from the picture. 

When writers explore the flaws and weaknesses of characters, they look at how the characters are meeting the need for relationship, security, and significance in ways that don’t glorify God.

Our God chose grace and truth to draw us back to Him by sending His Son to pay the penalty for our rebellion. Jesus Christ has made us a new creation when we acknowledge and accept His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins. We ask forgiveness and commit our lives to Him.

Our souls are knitted to Him in a relationship that knows no barriers of time or space. He’s even given us a resource—a love letter—His Word and the Holy Spirit as our guiding counselor. The Bible contains 66 books filled with praise, life lessons, history, instruction, His life and purpose on earth, and stories about men and women who lived their faith as a model for us.

Shake off the cares of this world with an attitude of hope. Every moment is an opportunity to be more like Jesus Christ. We can have it all with a rich inheritance, if we grasp New Life. 

Prayer – Heavenly Father, thank You for my new life with You. Forever I am Yours. Forever I will praise Your name. Forever I will tell others of Your power and greatness. Amen 

Reflection – Today’s world is a scary place. Every day we are faced with tragedies that break our hearts. But in You, we have unexplainable joy. You are our rock and our salvation. When the world tries to drag us down because of our hope in You, we will hold fast. New Life is more than a publishing contract or an award. New Life begins when we turn our lives over to You and it lasts forever.

DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. Firewall, the first book in her Houston: FBI series, was listed by Library Journal as one of the best Christian Fiction books of 2014.

DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Suspense Sister, and International Thriller Writers. She is co-director of The Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference with social media specialist Edie Melson. She teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is active online and would love to connect with readers on any of the social media platforms listed at http://www.diannmills.com