We read Revelation 2 today in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan. John said this in verses 3-4 of the message to the church at Ephesus:
3 I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary. 4 But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
We can get so busy sometimes trying to DO 'Christian things' that we forget that the most important commandment that we have been given is to love the Lord our God with everything within us! From THIS love should flow every other thing that we do! Remember YOUR first love for JESUS and your gratefulness and thankfulness for all that HE has done for YOU! Then you will truly BE a witness of HIS life and love and light, and not just trying to witness! It should never be a chore. When we truly love someone, it shows! Let's SHINE with that FIRST and ALWAYS love for HIM! AMEN! I was also very blessed with today's "Faith Food" devotional by Kenneth E. Hagin! This IS what JESUS has provided for us!
A Great Plan
"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, 'Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree'" (Galatians 3:13).
Part of the inheritance that Colossians 1:12-14 tells us we should be giving thanks to the Father for is "...redemption through his blood..." (verse 14).
What are we redeemed from? From the curse of the law. And what is the curse of the law? The only way to find out, is to go to the law and see what it says the curse is.
The term "the law," as found in the New Testament, refers to the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch. Reading there, we find that the curse, or punishment, for breaking God's law is threefold:
1. Spiritual death (Genesis 2:17)
2. Poverty (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
3. Sickness (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
Galatians 3:13 tells us that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, and Colossians 1:12-14 tells us to thank God for our redemption! We are to thank the Father for this great plan of redemption which He planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate!
Confession: Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of redemption which You planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate! Thank You because I am redeemed from death! Thank You because I am redeemed from poverty! Thank You because I am redeemed from sickness! Thank You, Father!
Part of the inheritance that Colossians 1:12-14 tells us we should be giving thanks to the Father for is "...redemption through his blood..." (verse 14).
What are we redeemed from? From the curse of the law. And what is the curse of the law? The only way to find out, is to go to the law and see what it says the curse is.
The term "the law," as found in the New Testament, refers to the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch. Reading there, we find that the curse, or punishment, for breaking God's law is threefold:
1. Spiritual death (Genesis 2:17)
2. Poverty (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
3. Sickness (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
Galatians 3:13 tells us that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, and Colossians 1:12-14 tells us to thank God for our redemption! We are to thank the Father for this great plan of redemption which He planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate!
Confession: Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of redemption which You planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate! Thank You because I am redeemed from death! Thank You because I am redeemed from poverty! Thank You because I am redeemed from sickness! Thank You, Father!
AMEN! We are, of all people, MOST BLESSED! Let's use this wonderful TRUTH to BE free and to set others free by sharing this with them! Here, to help you with that, are Hillsong Kids with "Voices of Freedom":
Shalom in Him!
