TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My
salvation”
(Psalm 91:16, NKJV)
TODAY’S WORD from
Joel and Victoria
One key to staying passionate about life is to simply
stay productive. You have to have a reason to get out of bed every morning. You
have to keep your goals out in front of you. You may retire from the job, but
don’t ever retire from life. You have to choose to keep your mind active, keep
growing, keep learning and keep helping others. You have to find a way to stay
productive. When you stop producing, you stop growing and thriving.
God promises that if we’ll keep Him first place, He will
give us a long, satisfied life. You may say, “How long is a long life?” Until
you’re satisfied. If you quit producing at fifty and you’re satisfied, then the
promise is fulfilled. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got too much in me to
stop right now. I’m not satisfied. I’ve got dreams that haven’t come to pass.
I’ve got messages I haven’t given. I’ve got a family to enjoy. I’ve got
grandchildren I haven’t seen yet.
Today, get a vision for your future. Get a vision for
staying productive. Expect to be fulfilled, expect to live a satisfied life,
and expect to embrace all the good things God has in store for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father in heaven, thank You for the promise to live a
full, satisfied life. Today, I choose to press forward. I choose to shake off
mediocrity and disappointments from the past so that I can take hold of every
good thing You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
Read: Galatians 4:21–5:1
True Freedom
In 1776, the 13 British colonies in North America
protested the limitations placed on them by the king of England and engaged in
a struggle that gave birth to a brand-new republic. The infant nation soon
adopted that now-famous document known as the Declaration of Independence.
Almost 2,000 years ago, the Lord Jesus cried out on the
cross, “It is finished,” proclaiming the believer’s “declaration of
independence.” All of humanity was under the tyranny of sin and death. But
Christ, the sinless One, took our place on Calvary and died for our sins.
Having satisfied God’s righteous demands, He now sets free for eternity all who
trust in Him.
Paul wrote, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the
law, having become a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13). Romans 8 assures us, “There is
therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus . . . . For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin
and death” (vv.1-2). Galatians 5:1 urges all who have been redeemed to “stand fast
therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.”
We are thankful to God for any freedom we enjoy in a
nation. But above all, believers everywhere can praise Him for the freedom that
is found in Christ!
Now are we free—there’s no condemnation!
Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
“Come unto Me,” O hear His sweet call!
Come—and He saves us once for all. —Bliss
Our greatest
freedom is freedom from sin.
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