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Category: Life

  • Holiness

  • Word for today

  • I am free

  • Life through the Spirit

    “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,”
    ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬
    https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.8.1-3.NIV

    Rom 8:1  Those who belong to Christ Jesus are no longer under God’s sentence.
    Rom 8:2  I am now controlled by the law of the Holy Spirit. That law gives me life because of what Christ Jesus has done. It has set me free from the law of sin that brings death.
    Rom 8:3  The written law was made weak by our sinful nature. But God did what the written law could not do. He made his Son to be like those who have a sinful nature. He sent him to be an offering for sin. In that way, he judged sin in his Son’s human body.

  • A LIVING SACRIFICE

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    A Living Sacrifice

    Rom 12:1  Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

    Rom 12:2  Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will

  • A Living Sacrifice

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    Rom 12:1  Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

    Rom 12:2  Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

  • How great thou art.

  • 2 January 2025

    (Being Still With God Every Day)
    Now That’s Power!
    “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me . . . to the end of the earth.”
    ACTS 1:8


    Diesel. Electrical. Mechanical. Hydroelectric. Nuclear. Atomic. There are many forms of power, but none is equal to that of the Holy Spirit.


    The Holy Spirit’s power is described by the Greek word dunamis, the root for dynamite and dynamic. Whereas dynamite destroys, dunamis gives life.

    This word for an active, energizing power implies a miracle or divine influence—and that’s exactly what we need as we obey the resurrected Lord’s command to be His witnesses.

    Just as the Holy Spirit empowered Christ to fulfill His earthly assignment, we too need the Spirit. The Holy Spirit’s power is absolutely essential to kingdom work, which is why Jesus told His disciples to wait for it (Acts 1:4–5). Jesus knew that His disciples could do more in a day in the Spirit’s power than they could do in a lifetime on their own.
    Jesus ministered and served, preached and taught, lived and died by the Holy Spirit’s power, and now He gives His power to all who believe.

    As we walk in the Spirit’s power, He will greatly impact the world through us.

  • 1 JANUARY 2025

    (Being Still With God Every Day)
    A Fresh Beginning
    “Behold, I will do a new thing,
    Now it shall spring forth . . .
    I will even make a road in the wilderness
    And rivers in the desert.”
    ISAIAH 43:19


    God uses events in our lives to shape us, to teach us, to grow us—and some of the key events are those sparked by sin (our own or someone sinning against us), by our missteps, by our confusion.

    Memories of the past, therefore, can too easily feel like shackles holding us to failures, regrets, ignorance, foolishness, and sin.


    However, God doesn’t want us bound to our past. When God saves us from the death we deserve for our sin, He frees us from the guilt and shame of our former life as well. He gives us a fresh beginning. He frees us to receive every good thing He wants to give us.


    If your past feels like a wilderness, know that God wants to make a road through it, perhaps to help you navigate the difficult years and salvage the good.

    If your past feels like a desertland of death, know that God will make rivers of redemption flow as He brings beauty out of ashes.

    Embrace the fresh beginning God wants to give you.

  • A Royal Priesthood

    1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

    (Being Still With God Every Day)

    We, New Testament believers are also priests (1 Peter 2:9), and our consecration is necessary.
    What are you doing—what are you avoiding—in order to have an ear that is sensitive to the Word of God and not deafened by the noise of the sinful, fallen world?
    What do you do—and what do you avoid—in order to keep your hands clean and ready to serve?
    And where do you go—and what places do you avoid—in order to lead people to worship God?