Exercise

Heart Guide for Lesson 5:
Separation from Sin

Practicing separation from sin is a process of discernment and recognition.First learn to discern the presence of sinful heart attitudes in you and then school yourself to realize that these are not you— not the real you.

Make a list of things about you (in your past or your personality) that you have thought of as a part of yourself, but which you will be separated from in heaven.

Patterns I see in me that heaven will remove
          (not Christ-like in me; not really me)
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Try to see yourself as that new creation—the one that will fully emerge in heaven. What are those aspects of yourself you can see today that will endure into eternity?

Things about me that will continue in heaven
          (coming from Christ in me; the real me)
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