“For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5 I have a classmate who always greets us as “children of the light.” That statement of our identity stirred in my heart as I read this verse in 1 Thessalonians. Establishing […]
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Romans 10:4 In a devotion I read this morning, dwelling on the covenant God has made with us through Christ, Charles Spurgeon wrote, “[God’s people] see that the law was made void because it was a covenant of works and depended […]
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Philippians 3:12 Christ Jesus has made me His own. I just want to dwell on this wondrous thought for a few moments. Jesus is the image of […]
“And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.” Isaiah 62:12 In Christ, these are descriptions—names—of us. If you know Him, the King who came that we might be saved through Him, these are references to who you are in […]
“Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.” Isaiah 61:7 Earlier this morning my mind was drawn back to the shame of certain points in my past. Sometimes when […]
“and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and […]
In Pleasant Places 