True righteousness manifests itself from the inside out. It is more than a mere behavioral change; it is the transformation of the inner man by the power of the Holy Spirit. Truly we are a new creation in Christ Jesus with new attitudes and new desires.
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
— Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NIV)
Lord Jesus change me from the inside out, make me born again. Conform me to Your very own image. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.