Thursday... Yes, there is division.

Galatians 3:22 (NLT), "But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promises of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ."

Thursday... Yes, there is division.

We see it all through the Internet, on our TVs, in our families, in our schools, in our lives but if we were all together as Liberals or Conservatives, rich or poor or the same in our colors or race or gender we would still be divided.

Paul in his letter to the Galatians in 3:22 (NLT) wrote, "But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promises of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ."

Now the fact that we are prisoners of sin is shown through our divisions. But we can receive God's promise of freedom only, only, only by believing in Jesus Christ. But we even in the church spend all of our time with the wrong message. The right message is, "But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promises of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ." That is the right message.

The Amplified Bible says, "But the Scripture has imprisoned everyone [everything - the entire world] under sin, so that [the inheritance, the blessing of salvation] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe [in Him and acknowledge Him as God's precious Son]"

Now Paul was writing this letter to a divided church and many other churches to quit being a prisoner of sin and get back to believing in Jesus Christ and being united. The Evil One loves us getting off of the real message of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.

Being united

In verses 26-29 (NLT) Paul writes, "For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been untied with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. There is no longer, Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God's promise to Abraham belongs to you." That's our unified message, that's our reality.

Proverbs 18:2 says, "Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air there own opinion." Verses 12-13, "Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor. Sprouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish." Verse 19, "An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars." Satan knows what he is doing in getting us off God's message.

Back to Galatians. 3:13 (MSG) says, "Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed lie by absorbing it completely into himself." That is what Calvary is all about. Verse 14, "We are all able to receive God's life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing - just the way that Abraham received it."

And verse 28 in The Message says, "In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in common relationship with Jesus Christ."

Verse 22 (NLT) says, "But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promises of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ." That is how we are equal. And that is our message! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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