Since
we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything
that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out reverence for God.
2
Corinthians 7:1
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THOUGHTS ABOUT
TODAY'S VERSE
In
a world so full of distractions and temptations, purity is difficult. Even more
than difficult, the call to purity often goes forgotten and ignored. Cheap
grace is substituted for a call to passionate living. While we never want to
give in to a "works righteousness," we also must remember that
impurity through laziness, lack of commitment, or simple rebellion are
contaminating to those claiming to be Christians and ruin our influence before
the watching world.
MY PRAYER
Purify
my heart, my life, my body, my influence, O God. May my words and my thoughts
be blameless in your sight. I want to be holy as you are holy and honor you as
only you are worthy of honor. You alone are God! Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.
Far Above Every
Negative Thing
…He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right
hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that
which is to come.
Ephesians 1:20–21
Isn’t
it wonderful to know that God does not measure and judge you based on your
performance today? Instead, He looks at Jesus, and as Jesus is, that is how He
sees you. His Word declares that “as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John
4:17).
Notice
that it does not say that “as Jesus was on earth, so are we in this world.”
That would be amazing enough because during Jesus’ ministry on earth, healing,
blessings and abundance followed Him everywhere He went. Yet, that is not what
the Word says. What it says is, “as Jesus is” (present tense). In other words,
as He is right now, so are we in this world!
So
just consider where Jesus is today. Right now, He is seated at the Father’s
right hand, “far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to
come.” If I were you, I would take some time to meditate on this passage
because as Jesus is, so are you right now, in this world. Meditate on how as Jesus
is “far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name
that is named,” so are you! See yourself as Jesus is, far above every
principality and power, far above every disease and physical condition, far
above every kind of fear, depression and addiction, and begin to reign over
every negative situation in your life today!
By:
Joseph Prince
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