Tag: Sin

02
Apr

“Good” Friday

1 Peter 2:24 – “Who himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.” Today is “Good Friday”, and not everyone understands why it is “good”. Good Friday is good because of everything our Good Jesus did […]

24
Mar

Confess and Be Cleansed

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) – “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  First John was written to dispel doubts – and build assurance – by presenting a clear picture of Jesus Christ. Around the time John wrote this letter, false teachers had entered the church. They […]

19
Mar

God Protects Us

1 John 5:18 (NKJV) – “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.” When we are born into this world we are born into a world of sin and we are born in sin. […]

15
Mar

God’s Word Nourishes

1 Peter 2:2-3 (NKJV) – “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” A newborn baby desires his or her mother’s milk for nourishment; to grow and to be healthy. Through Jesus Christ, we are born again and are […]

13
Mar

Tandem Ride With The Lord

1 John 3:9 (NKJV) – Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. In this verse, Apostle John’s specific audience is born again believers. Such believers who are filled with Holy Spirit cannot resort to sinning. They are expected […]

24
Feb

Returned, Ransomed, and Redeemed!

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction! Hosea 13:14 (KJV) Today’s devotion highlights the grace that the Lord provides to a repented heart. Prophet Hosea, as instructed by the Lord, sends out […]

11
Jan

HE is our GOD.

He is your praise, and He is your GOD, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.  Deuteronomy 10:21  The dictionary meaning of the term praise is “To admire” or “to show gratitude”.  In the above verse, the Bible is telling us that GOD is our admiration, He […]

09
Jan

God of Love and Mercy

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. Daniel 9:9 Isaiah 49:13 says that Heavens sing and Earth is filled with joy and breaks into praise and singing cause our Lord is a merciful God and comforts His people. Our God is a God of Mercy, that is […]

22
Dec

Free in Christ

2 Corinthians 3:17– “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” When we stare at a scenery covered by fog, no matter how much we strain our eyes to focus and see the view, it is impossible to see through that heavy layer that covers what […]

20
Aug

Living in victory

Galatians 2:20 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (KJV) If we were not literally crucified with Christ, […]