I.  YOU HAVE BEEN MADE NEW!

      "Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing.  You didn't know any better then; you  do  now.  As obedient children, let yourself be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness."  - I Peter 1:14-15a (TM)

     "If anyone is in Christ he or she is a NEW creation.  The old has passed away, behold the NEW has come."   - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
CHOOSING TO BE DIFFERENT IS A DISCIPLINE.

II.  PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A DIFFERENT LIFE.

     "So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives."   -  1 Peter 1:13 (TM)
WHY?
     "God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver, as you very well know.  But He paid for you with the precious life-blood of Jesus, the sinless, spotless lamb of God."           - 1 Peter 1:18-19 (TM)

III.  BECAUSE GOD PAID A PRICE FOR  YOU !      
     Choose To Be Different By Having...

1)  Discipline With Your Love. 
     "Now you can have real love for everyone because your souls have been cleansed from selfishness and hatred when you trusted Christ to save you; so see to it that you really do love each other warmly, with all your hearts."  - I Peter 1:22 LB)

2)  Discipline With Your Mouth.

     "So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit.  Don't just pretend to be good!   Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing."  - 1 Peter 2:1 (NLT)
"Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language."  - 1 Peter 2:1 (GN)

3) Discipline With Your Desire For God's Word.
     "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation."  - 1 Peter 2:2 (NIV)