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

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Wednesday... It is amazing what we can see.

Psalm 3:3a (NLT), "But you, O LORD, are a shield around me." Wednesday... It is amazing what we can see. And what we see does make such a difference in our day. Now David, he writer of Psalm 3 starts this Psalm this way. He says in verse 1 (NLT), "O Lord, I have so many enemies; so many are against me." Yes, he is saying this to the LORD, the one he serves. Verse 2 says, "So many are saying, 'God will never rescue him!'" And that is so true with that outlook. So many of us get out of bed with that outlook every morning. It is amazing what we can see. Now I woke up this morning and eventually found myself outside on my couch with my Bible and I read this outlook in verses 1-2 from David. But I didn't stop there and neither did David. But that is an easy place to stop, isn't it? And it is true. Yes, David didn't stop there. Verses 3-4 says, "But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. I...

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