R E A D
2 Cor 5:16-2| “So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”

R E F L E C T

1. What does the text reveal to me about God? 
2. How does this text change the way I think about myself? About others?
3. According to 2 Cor 5:20, what is my responsibility after having received God’s gift of reconciliation?
4. What other observations do I have from the text?

R E S P O N D 

1. Memorize 2 Cor 5:17.
   It may help to write it on a note card and place it somewhere you’ll see it regularly.
2. Take a moment to thank God for how He has changed you.
3. Call or text a friend to encourage them with how God sees them.
4. Pray for a family member, friend, neighbor, coworker…In what way can you show them God’s love