Ephesians 5:29, 30 “No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of flesh and of His bones.”
Dear God,
In my heart, I exalt and worship You. Please teach me to give You my complete and honest worship each morning , preparing my soul temple to be cleansed of myself, and swept clean of my sinful ‘clutter’ and anything that would prevent me from fully accepting Your invitation to come into my heart and life. You are God in heaven, yet Saviour to man, having lived on earth as a sinless person; now You care about me more than I know or could care for myself. I find this absolutely awesome, as well as the knowledge that I can be close to You all through the day, if and when I set my heart and mind to do so.
The author of so many New Testament books, Paul, had the joy of being fully converted by Your Son Jesus Christ after His resurrection, and was never the same. From then on he walked in close communion, each day with his Saviour and the Holy Spirit and desired that all the church members would do so also. Ephesians 5: 1, 2 “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet- smelling aroma.” Therefore I realize, that as one of God’s children, and an imitator of Christ, nothing unclean from my mind, mouth or actions, will be part of me, and the best part to comprehend, is as an imitator of Jesus, I will be a light to other people. Ephesians 5: 8, 9 “……….you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” The Holy Spirit will produce a different fruit in me, “goodness, righteousness and truth” This is not the way of Satan the one of darkness, for he produces unkind, mean and dirty words, etc.
I am so glad Jesus when You dwell in me, that my actions can be righteous, even though I will always on this earth, have the tendency to do wrong and have no righteousness of my own, and it is Your righteousness that covers and transforms me. It is only by You having my heart that I will be true to and not depart from You.
Hallelujah! This good news, I must convey to others, whenever I can.
Amen