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Prayer Request: Today's Scripture *February 4, 2009*
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Today's Scripture *February 4, 2009*
Colossians 2: 13-15
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
Before we believed in Christ, our nature was evil. We disobeyed, rebelled, and ignored God (even at our best, we did not love Him with all our heart, mind, and soul). The Christian, however, has a new nature. God has crucified the old rebellious nature (Romans 6: 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. ) and replaced it with a new loving nature (Colossians 3: 9-10 Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. )
The penalty of sin died with Christ on the Cross. God has declared us not guilty, and we need no longer live under sin's power. God does not take us out of the world or make us robots--we will still feel like sinning, and sometimes we will fall. The difference is that before we were saved, we were slaves to our sinful nature, but now we are free to live for Christ! (Galatians 2: 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. )
Thank You Lord Jesus for saving us!
We are no longer slaves to sin! But free to serve and love You with all our hearts.
Help us to live lives that bring You glory and honor. We worship You Lord.
May Your will be done in each one of us! In Jesus' Name, Amen..
God bless you!
April
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