I have never met someone that does not like something new. I know I do. The new has a smell to it; a look to it; a sound to it; a feel to it; it is new. I remember when I became a Christian and I was made new. I remember when I was born again again while in revival. I was made new. The sun was brighter, the clouds were whiter, the love was deeper, the joy was louder. I was new.

I love people who are made new, they forgive quickly, they love deeply, they worship passionately, they show up unexpectedly, they give generously. Oh that we would be a people who are made new again again. We need an outpouring of the washing of the water through the word, for people have lost their first love, their quick forgiveness, their deep passion and their kind heart. Oh that we would be made new again again.

God had a new plan for Israel, which is the plan He has for all of us. It is found in Hebrews 8 and it says, “This new plan I’m making with Israel isn’t going to be written on paper, isn’t going to be chiseled in stone; This time I’m writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts. I’ll be their God, they’ll be my people. They won’t go to school to learn about me, or buy a book called God in Five Easy Lessons. They’ll all get to know me firsthand, the little and the big, the small and the great. They’ll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean. By coming up with a new plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust.” (MSG)

Oh that we would surrender to being made new again again. Our schooling has made us stale; our self-help culture has made us divisive; our record deals have made us performers; our politics have made us suspicious; we have tried it all and it has made us less like Christ not more like Him. Oh how I pray we would be willing to be made new again again. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org