Archive of Daily Bible Lessons
March 15-21, 2004
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3.15.04 | The Resurrection Is Essential to the Gospel of Grace |
3.16.04 | Resurrection Victory by the Grace of God |
3.17.04 | Resurrection Victory for Effective Christian Living |
3.18.04 | The Resurrection Related to Sanctification |
3.19.04 | The Resurrection and Justification |
3.20.04 | More on the Resurrection and Justification |
3.21.04 | The Resurrection and Sanctification |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3) |
You have a myriad of reasons to bless your great God, to speak of Him with grateful praises. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
In today's Bible verse, God's merciful heart toward you is focused on a magnificent matter: "who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope."
Your new birth is also "to
a living hope." When you were born into the Lord's family,
real *hope* became available to you everafter. Biblical hope is about absolute certainty concerning the future.
It is about guaranteed expectations for time and eternity. These are vital needs for every person. Otherwise, people
flounder in hopelessness and despair, or they march along in vain fantasies and imaginations. The Resurrection Hope you have in Jesus Christ is sufficient to raise you from any agonizing deadness, whether in your aching heart or in your threatening circumstances. Halleluyah! |
Lord God of mercy, I praise You for Your abundant mercy toward me. I thank You for new birth. I am especially grateful for living hope. I now ask You to work in the dead aspects of my life. Lord, You know what areas of my heart are lifeless. You see the circumstances that are killing me. Raise my heart to new vitality. Lift me above circumstantial living, through the reality of the resurrection of Your Son, Amen. |
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