Romans 6: 8 – 12 “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all: but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Dear God,
Thank You for all care and protection, for Your love is absolute and infinite toward all Your creation. I have not quite spent as much time with You over the past few days as usual and there is a void in my heart; which is only filled when I express my thoughts and love to You in words. Cleanse me please from all sin, and fill me with joy as I read the words of Your servant Paul, in Romans 6:12 “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.”
In the light of Your wonderful revealed grace, my heart response, is to live in a way that brings You glory. I believe that as I place myself in the care of heaven, my deepest desire will be fulfilled; I will be enabled and led away from premeditated sin. Paul again gives the answer, V 18 “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” Hallelujah, what a blessed knowledge, for I never want to stay wallowing in my sins, but instead be lifted up in the assurance Jesus died as my substitute and gives me instead of sin, His gift of imputed righteousness and His power to overcome sin. This is the best news which is worth the continual raising of praises and hallelujah’s; along with telling as many other people as we can, so that they also may have the promise from Paul, in V22 “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
Fill me with praises and words to others in testimony of what You have done for me, and mean to me; whenever You place this upon my heart.
Please impress me more and more of my own sinfulness and need to press closer and closer to my Saviour, who is beyond compare, and all I need for this life; and on into eternity with Him. I ever appreciate the truth contained in, V 23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Amen