Prepared In Christ

 

March 23

PREPARED IN CHRIST - Do we truly appreciate how much Jesus wants us fully prepared as His people, so that He will not have to be, in any way, ashamed of us? Remember, God’s Word is truthful, so all that the Word says about us must be seen in us. Do you know that He wants us all, who are His, to be holy and blameless in His sight? We are prepared for Him in Jesus, through whose blood we have full redemption. We must surrender to Jesus.

 

Thank You Jesus, for preparing us to be as right and pleasing, before Father God. Amen!

 

Read Ephesians 1: 3 - 10

 

 

Cherished Creation

 

March 22

CHERISHED CREATION – Do you know that you are God’s cherished creation? Do you know that He wants you to know how much His love for you is strong and unending? God loves you!

 

Holy God, we who are Your prized and cherished creation, are aware of Your love and care for us and about us. Forgive us our tardiness to be strong and firm in Your love. Forgive us that we are easily distracted and brought down by enemy voices telling us lies about You. Holy! Holy! Holy! You are Holy and Your Name is Holy. Thank You for Your Ever Living, Ever Powerful Word. Thank You for spreading Your Word over us, around us and within us. Amen!

 

Read Zephaniah 3: 16 - 17

 

Thanks For The Blood

 

 

Thanks for the Blood, the precious Blood of the Lamb,

For its power to snatch me from where I am,

Power to stand against the most demanding foe,

Promise of Blood for the sinful life below.

 

Thanks for the Blood, efficient Blood of the Lamb,

Trustworthy to save me and keep me from sin’s harm,

Efficient, effective, to wash and make whole,

Every wretched, every guilty sin-sick soul.

 

Thanks for the Blood, pardoning Blood of the Lamb,

Saw me when I was under sin’s curse and damn,

Ineffable Blood! Who can its worth tell?

All I know is its Might that took me from hell.

 

Thanks for the Blood, surpassing Blood of the Lamb,

Fortresses and keeps safe from every alarm,

Faithful, its cleansing, pardoning work to do,

Ineffaceable Blood, Jesus Lamb, thank You.  

Amen!

 

 

Feed And Succeed

 

March 21

FEED AND SUCCEED – You will agree that if you are feeding daily on spinach, your iron levels will be good and you’ll be less likely to be anemic. Likewise, if you are feeding on the food of Jesus, His Word, you will not be spiritually deficient or anemic. Your condition tells your nutrition.

 

Your Word, O God, is our nourishing food. Thank You for the bounty of Your life-giving and life-sustaining Word. Amen!

 

Read Job 23: 10 - 12

 

Jesus Must Leave

 

March 20

JESUS MUST LEAVE - When Jesus rose from the grave, He did not remain on earth in bodily form. He returned from whence He came and sent the Holy Spirit, another Comforter, to be with His people, you and me included. Jesus has been crystal clear on this point that unless He leaves the earth, in Risen Body, and returns in Spirit, there will be no true, everlasting life with God.

 

Jesus, You no longer walk the earth in flesh, but You are present with us and in us in Spirit. May lives of faith testify daily to the wisdom of Your leaving. Amen! 

 

Read John 16: 5 - 11

 

Flesh Jesus

 

March 19

FLESH JESUS - Jesus, God Incarnate, came to die, that is why He took on, flesh. Since the wages of sin is death, He had to take on sinful flesh, human, carnal flesh, that which could die. He came to die, not for His own sins, but for the sins of a dark, evil, and depraved world. He came to shed His precious Blood, and to rise again after three days. Jesus is alive! He did rise on the third day, as He said. Let’s live as children of a Risen Lord.

 

Risen Jesus, there is no joy in living as though You are still in the tomb. Grant me the joy of resurrection please. Amen!

 

Read Mark 8: 31

 

Life In The Spirit

 

March 18

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT - Jesus, Son of God, brought us life, everlasting life, with Father, Son and Holy Spirit. His resurrected Life brings us, while in our mortal bodies, more abundant life, freer life, life in all its fullness. Do not let anyone or anything persuade you otherwise. Life in the Spirit is for you now and will continue into the life hereafter. Read what Jesus Himself has said, in the suggested reading. Be not a disbeliever!

 

Spirit Divine, grant me the grace to believe and by faith, to live life in You. Amen!

 

Read John 6: 61 - 65

 

 

Immortal God

 

March 17

IMMORTAL GOD – In the midst of all that is going on around us, when threats are being made and we sometimes think that this crazy world will even try to do away with Jehovah, be strong in this truth. God is the One Immortal God who cannot die neither will His Power and Will ever die. He is Creator God. Keep trusting in Him, obey His commands and live in His peace, in a most debased and chaotic world.

 

Jehovah, You are our ever-living and ever-present God. You are Immortal. Help us never to forget who You are, when powers around us would have us cower and think that You have been overthrown, and are no longer in control. Amen!

 

Read 1 Timothy 6: 13 - 16

 

Clean And Free

 

March 16

CLEAN AND FREE - How can we not give unending praise and thanks to Jesus our Redeemer? In all the thoughts we think, all the words we speak and all the things we do, let us ever be aware that it was Christ’s Love for you that sent Him to die on Calvary’s cross, to save you. His Powerful Blood is sufficient to cleanse you and keep you in Him, free and spotless, without accusation.

 

Lord, I surrender my life to You, for only You can keep me one with the Father. Amen!

 

Read Colossians 1: 21 – 23a

 

Spiritual Weakness

 

March 15

SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS – We’ve been given the Holy Spirit, who is not a Spirit of fear but of boldness, soundness and power, yet some live under the shadow of fear, intimidation and resignation. Isaiah tells us this about our God. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40: 29. If this is so, then is it that God only gives to some and not to others? When you are lost in weakness, and you go to God in prayer, believing and trusting, will He not hear and prove His given Word in you? Will He not strengthen you?

 

Father, I don’t want to be living in spiritual weakness and weariness, when You have promised to be my help. Help me please. Amen! 

 

Read Isaiah 40: 28 - 31

 

Lord Thy Mercies Still We Claim

 

Lord Thy mercies still we claim,

Not for gain or worldly fame,

But that we might live aright,

Ever living in Your sight.

 

Mercies of true deliverance,

Keep us safe, in Your presence,

In a world of endless woes,

Deliver us, from all foes,

 

Mercies come, beyond measure,

Undenied, holy treasure,

Come to us in mortal clay,

Blessings in both night and day.

 

Praise to You for mercies past,

Daily, spiritual repast,

May Your Word live in each soul,

Mercies Lord, to keep us whole.

Amen!