Day 8
"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God . . ."
"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God . . ."
I am thankful that I have been regenerated. Dead in my sins, the wages just, But while I was still a sinner, He died for me. I am now alive in Christ for all eternity.
I am thankful that I have been redeemed. A slave to my flesh, a slave to sin, shackled to a master who is the father of all lies and the destroyer of those he enslaves. The price for my freedom was beyond my ability to pay and growing greater by the day. But He paid the price in full. Nailed my debt to His cross. He set me free to follow and worship Him--a bond-servant of my loving Master.
I am thankful for His mercy. Justly an object of His wrath; instead He has shown me mercy and removed me from all condemnation. The wrath of God poured out on Him should have been mine. Instead the love of God is lavished on me every day of my life.
I am thankful that I have been justified. Clothed in the filthy rags of my righteousness, I could never stand in His holy presence for a second. But He has taken off my filthy rags and clothed me with His righteousness. I am a new creation. He will present me to the Father faultless.
I am thankful for His sanctification. He set me apart as one of his holy ones. Me! And when I see Him, I will be like Him for I shall see Him as He is--The Holy One.
I am thankful for His reconciliation. I was an enemy of God--the Devil's soldier vainly trying to war against God and His will. But He transferred me out of the kingdom of darkness and into His Kingdom of Light--the kingdom of the Father's Beloved. I am now a soldier of the cross, the captive of His triumph over sin, death, and the Devil. Protected by the armor of God and strengthened by the power of prayer, I am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me.
I am thankful for His grace. None of those things could I earn. None of those things did I deserve. Buy by His grace I have been regenerated, redeemed, received mercy, been justified, sanctified, reconciled. I have been freely given grace that is greater than all my sins.
I am thankful that I have been redeemed. A slave to my flesh, a slave to sin, shackled to a master who is the father of all lies and the destroyer of those he enslaves. The price for my freedom was beyond my ability to pay and growing greater by the day. But He paid the price in full. Nailed my debt to His cross. He set me free to follow and worship Him--a bond-servant of my loving Master.
I am thankful for His mercy. Justly an object of His wrath; instead He has shown me mercy and removed me from all condemnation. The wrath of God poured out on Him should have been mine. Instead the love of God is lavished on me every day of my life.
I am thankful that I have been justified. Clothed in the filthy rags of my righteousness, I could never stand in His holy presence for a second. But He has taken off my filthy rags and clothed me with His righteousness. I am a new creation. He will present me to the Father faultless.
I am thankful for His sanctification. He set me apart as one of his holy ones. Me! And when I see Him, I will be like Him for I shall see Him as He is--The Holy One.
I am thankful for His reconciliation. I was an enemy of God--the Devil's soldier vainly trying to war against God and His will. But He transferred me out of the kingdom of darkness and into His Kingdom of Light--the kingdom of the Father's Beloved. I am now a soldier of the cross, the captive of His triumph over sin, death, and the Devil. Protected by the armor of God and strengthened by the power of prayer, I am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me.
I am thankful for His grace. None of those things could I earn. None of those things did I deserve. Buy by His grace I have been regenerated, redeemed, received mercy, been justified, sanctified, reconciled. I have been freely given grace that is greater than all my sins.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!!
"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God . . .
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