For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Devotionals

Moments in God’s Word to encourage and strengthen your faith throughout the week. Each devotional is written to help you pause, reflect, and keep Christ first in the middle of everyday life.
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The need of love and approval

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God created us to desire two things, namely  love and approval.

We tend to try and earn approval from the world, but what we don’t always realize, is that we have been approved (received) by Jesus already.

Therefore receive one another, just as Christ received us, to the glory of God.

Romans 15:7

Because of the lies of the enemy, we tend to have this perception in our minds that His love has to be earned.

We sometimes even  believe the lie that when we sin, we aren’t loved anymore and can’t be forgiven.  Well all these above are only attacks from the enemy to discourage and condemn us.

Romans 8:39 God says that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ.

A practical example is in Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve sinned and realized they were naked (v. 10), but God didn’t embarrass them;  on the contrary He clothed them (v.21).

Physically He clothed them with clothes and spiritually with grace, forgiveness and above all His unfailing love.  What a privilege!

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1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he [b]meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the [c]rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.