ALL Things are New

There are no words adequate to describe the worship experience I had last night at Agape Family Worship Center in Rahway, NJ where Israel and New Breed took us all the way in to the Holy Presence of God. The deeper I went, the more I wanted God to just rip out everything inside me and fill me with Himself all over again.

The presence of God is such a beautiful, powerful place. Just as the North is separated from the South, I felt the Lord separate from me all the errors and pain of my past. The things I struggled with just yesterday to forgive are no more part of me. Those things existed with Rachel. The old patterns, the usual disappointments, the emotional triggers belong to a woman who is no longer here.

This is a new day. My middle name, Renee happens to be french for “reborn.” A friend said on Facebook, “you are the best Rachel Renee ever!” I received it prophetically as, God is doing something new in me and I am becoming the best me I have ever been. The Lord confirmed it during worship last night. Indeed, I am Rachel Renee, Rachel reborn in Jesus Christ. Rachel Dead to sin, shame and bondage, Rachel Reborn in joy, freedom and righteousness.

God is bringing me to a new level of spiritual maturity. I know this is necessary because of all the things He has entrusted me with this year. It is time to fully embrace the new me. Time to stop fearing whether the old me and all of her problems will return. It is time to fly!

Fly with me! Be renewed in the presence of the Lord, be renewed in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (New King James Version)

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.