# Daily Encouragement — Day 45
**Series:** Transformed by Grace — Week 7
**Date:** 2026-08-10
**Focus:** Putting off the old self
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## 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 anger, the self-protective habits — these were survival mechanisms in a world without grace. But you do not live there anymore. Take off the coat. You are free.