Anita Cloete # Daily Encouragement — Day 46 **Series:** Transformed by Grace — Week 7 **Date:** 2026-08-11 **Focus:** Putting on the new self — ## Encouragement You are already dressed for the life you are called to live. Compassion, kindness, humility, patience, forgiveness — these garments are already in your wardrobe, given to you by grace. Today, … Read more
Ezekiel 36:26 (WEB) I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. God does not just ask us to change — He gives us a new heart. … Read more
Father, Thank You that I am chosen, holy, and beloved — not because of what I have done, but because of who I am in Christ. Today I choose to put on the garments of the new self. Give me compassion for those I meet, kindness in my words, humility in my heart, and perseverance … Read more
You are already dressed for the life you are called to live. The garments are in your wardrobe, given to you by grace. Today, as you face every interaction, every decision, every challenge, pause and ask: What would it look like to put on compassion here? Kindness? Forgiveness? The new self is already yours. You … Read more
Putting Off the Old Self Scripture: Ephesians 4:22–24 (WEB) — “That you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God … Read more
# Verse of the Day — Day 45 **Series:** Transformed by Grace — Week 7 **Date:** 2026-08-10 **Verse:** 2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB) **Focus:** New creation in Christ — ## Verse “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.” — 2 … Read more
# Daily Encouragement — Day 45 **Series:** Transformed by Grace — Week 7 **Date:** 2026-08-10 **Focus:** Putting off the old self — ## Encouragement Think of a heavy winter coat you no longer need. It served a purpose once, but now it only weighs you down. The old self is like that. The worries, the … Read more
2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB) Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. You were not saved to stay the same. In Christ, you are a new creation. The old has passed away. Today, live like it.
Father, Thank You that I no longer have to live in the old self. Christ died to set me free from that identity. Today I choose to put off the patterns of my former life — the worries, the defences, the lies I have believed. Renew my mind with Your truth. Help me to put … Read more
Think of a heavy winter coat you no longer need. It served a purpose once, but now it only weighs you down. The old self is like that. You do not live there anymore. Today, when old patterns rise, gently set them aside. And put on the righteousness and holiness that are already yours in … Read more