I have been delivered from sin, it no longer has a hold on me.
No, I am not perfect but Christ promises one day I will truly be like Him.
Be aware as you stand for Christ, you will be persecuted.
Stand strong in your faith, God is able!
Persecution....
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you
Philippians 1:29
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him
Matt.5:11
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
1 Corinthians 3:23 and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God
God is able....
Romans 4:21
being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Through Christ....
Hebrews 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Philippians 3:21
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
God's power....
1 Peter 2:5
you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Our living sacrifice....
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
God's people....
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
Our song of praise....
Hebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name.
To completion....
1 Corinthians 15:28
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
I have never been physically in prison, although I was in a prison of the worst sort, the bondage of a sinful life. I was deep in all that, that life entails, drinking, cussing, spiritual darkness, thinking only of myself, wanting and having the things of this world. I have been in church my whole life, but it was not until I went to a revival that God called to me with His invitation. An invitation that was bound by blood, through Christ, that covered over my sin for eternity. I don't deserve it but God, rich His mercy and forgiveness, offered, and I ran to the cross! I was a grown woman, with kids and a husband, but before that, my whole life, sitting in church, I did not really hear God's sweet gospel message. But God was preparing me to hear, really hear and understand that I could do nothing to bring about salvation. But, there was a Redeemer, who paid that price and gave freely as a gift to all who would receive that gift of eternal life. I am still a work in progress, God still is teaching, I am still learning but I am also teaching as God gives me His wisdom to share the gospel.
Lord, as I pray and teach today, let the power of Your Word reach those ears that have been deaf. Open their hearts to the all encompassing power that is You. Lord, thank You for Your mercy. Amen
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