Day Twelve
"with which he has blessed us in the Beloved" Ephesians 1:6
As we talked yesterday about the glorious grace we have in God through Christ, we can also be assured of the blessing we have of God's love for us because we are in his beloved. His beloved is his precious son, Jesus Christ, who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we may be called the beloved of the Father and have an intimate communion and eternal relationship with him. As I remind you we are sons, daughters, princes, princesses, because of the love the Father has for us to send us his son that he may purge the world of sin, for our behalf.
And, dear ones, it is because he loves us we can understand that when Christ went to his death, we took his place as the beloved of God, attaining his righteousness and his sonship. The love he freeily poured out on his son, he continually pours out on us and we can rest in his promises that the riches of heaven can be freeily disposed upon us.
In your heart of your hearts, try to understand the depth of love the Father has for you, to make you his beloved. It is the greatest relationship that you can attain; the one that can bring the most peace. The one relationship that won't betray or leave you.
Today, I challenge you to praise God for this love and then to ask in faith, as He has called you to pray, that he will pour down those riches from heaven that you may acquire that peace, that security, healing, and strength needed to go forth from this place.
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us and eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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Day Ten: God The Healer: His Purpose for your life
Day Ten
"according to the purpose of his will" Ephesians 1:5b
In my morning devotionals, I set in my heart to praise God for who he is, or just because of the need to merely praise him. I praised him for the healing he has already done in my life and in my husband's, and in my friends, and in the worlds. I praised him for the healing and miracles he has yet to do in my life and accepted the gift of faith that though I may not see the outcome I may have the strength to believe that all will work out for good. I pray in your own recovery and healing, you can gain this unwavering faith. It is hard for me to stand in this faith but I can remember that the rock of faith is Christ, and he was and is faithful to complete what he has set out to accomplish, past, present, and future. So, I hope that both you and I can rest in that promise of faith today.
As we learned yesterday that we are adopted into his family by Christ's offering himself on the cross, yes, we are sons and daughters, princes, and princesses. But, all of this was for his purpose before the beginning of time, the creation of the earth, man, before the fall. God purposed that you would be part of his family.
So, no matter how you mess up in your own mind, with your husband, wife, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, fellow workers, know that you cannot mess up with God. His purpose is to keep you as his own and watch over you until he is ready to bring you home.
And, in time, he will bring you home. He loves you and has a place for you, a position in the realm of the most high.
Rest in his promise of the faith to stand in his purpose that he has made you his own. Treasure each moment you have with him today, whether in prayer, devotional time, or with friends.
"So, whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
"according to the purpose of his will" Ephesians 1:5b
In my morning devotionals, I set in my heart to praise God for who he is, or just because of the need to merely praise him. I praised him for the healing he has already done in my life and in my husband's, and in my friends, and in the worlds. I praised him for the healing and miracles he has yet to do in my life and accepted the gift of faith that though I may not see the outcome I may have the strength to believe that all will work out for good. I pray in your own recovery and healing, you can gain this unwavering faith. It is hard for me to stand in this faith but I can remember that the rock of faith is Christ, and he was and is faithful to complete what he has set out to accomplish, past, present, and future. So, I hope that both you and I can rest in that promise of faith today.
As we learned yesterday that we are adopted into his family by Christ's offering himself on the cross, yes, we are sons and daughters, princes, and princesses. But, all of this was for his purpose before the beginning of time, the creation of the earth, man, before the fall. God purposed that you would be part of his family.
So, no matter how you mess up in your own mind, with your husband, wife, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, fellow workers, know that you cannot mess up with God. His purpose is to keep you as his own and watch over you until he is ready to bring you home.
And, in time, he will bring you home. He loves you and has a place for you, a position in the realm of the most high.
Rest in his promise of the faith to stand in his purpose that he has made you his own. Treasure each moment you have with him today, whether in prayer, devotional time, or with friends.
"So, whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
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