A Valuable List Of How We Should Live

 Because of our position in Christ we are urged to live our lives in a manner that is befitting our heavenly calling. Because we are the children of the King, we are urged to walk in a manner that is worthy of our status. Because we have been called out of darkness into His kingdom of light and have been adopted as heirs of God, joint-heirs with Christ, and inheritors of the kingdom of the majesty on high, we are to live and move and have our being in the liberty wherewith Christ and the Spirit has made us free; to walk by faith in Christ and to walk in the ways of God, to His honor and glory.
 As bond-servants of Christ, we are given A Valuable List Of How We Should Live, having put off our old selves and put on the new self "created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." We are exhorted to put off falsehood and speak truthfully; steal no longer but instead work and share; speak helpful and wholesome words; get rid of bitterness, anger, and slander and in their place put forgiveness, kindness and compassion.
 Paul rejoiced to be a prisoner of the Lord, not for any wrong that he had done, for all sin and every sin was forgiven at the Cross, but for the sake of the Lord Jesus Who loves us and gave Himself for us. Let us, therefore, as prisoners of our Lord Jesus Christ, walk in a manner worthy of the heavenly calling to which we have been called.
Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, we pray that we too might be bond-servants of Christ Who shed His blood to save us from our sins, and that we might walk in manners that are worthy of the glorious calling to which You have called us. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.