"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)

"It is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.

God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do."

(Ephesians 2.8-10 GNB)

If Christ enters my life and dwells inside my heart, the impact is clear. My old self passes away, replaced by a new creation in Christ. And God has prepared this new creation for one thing: "a life of good deeds".

Lord
help me in my daily words and deeds
that they be good deeds
as you have prepared me for