Archive of Daily Bible Lessons
May 1-10, 2004
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No Bible lessons were issued on May 1-2, 2004 | |
How to Experience Triumphant Living - victory in Jesus | |
MORE Than Conquerors! - victory in Jesus | |
How to Smell Really Good... to God - sanctification | |
How to be *Noble* in the eyes of God - good & bad teachers | |
Godly sincerity {how to be *without wax*} - sanctification | |
No Bible lessons were issued on May 8-9, 2004 | |
You are an *Epistle of Christ* - the blessing of hard times |
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? As it is written: Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, |
Two questions:
If you answered "Yes" to either or both of these two questions, don't be too hard on yourself. Victorious Christian living does NOT come easy when you are surrounded by the temptations and difficulties of this present sinful world. Take heart! Today's Bible verses offer you some surprising encouragement.
To lose the war, you would have to be separated from the love of God...
"...neither death nor life, nor angels Based on the above quoted Bible verses, here is God's *list* of persons and things that absolutely CANNOT separate you from His love...
In other words, NO spiritual foe or circumstance can separate you from God's love. Nothing! No-way! No time! Never! CANNOT HAPPEN!
Your victorious position in any situation is not dependent on your power, but on the power of Almighty God. The Bible proclaims that you "...are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (1 Peter 1.5) By God's unchanging grace, you are united by faith to the victorious one, the Lord Jesus Christ! "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 15:57) |
Dear Father, I praise You for the constant provision of victory through Your triumphant Son. I thank You that through my faith in Christ I am already more than a conqueror no matter what life may send my way, Amen. |
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge . . . For we are to God the fragrance of Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:14-15) |
In addition to the characteristic of triumphant living, God also
wants to mark your life with the fragrance of Christ. "Now
thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge."
As you get to know Jesus more and more, your spiritual aroma of
Christ becomes an ever greater delight to God Himself. "For
you are to God the fragrance of Christ."
What is your favorite aroma? Freshly baked bread? Flowers? Newly
mown grass? The astringent clean smell of a brisk breeze, just before a rainstorm?
"For you are to God the fragrance of Christ." |
Heavenly Father, I long to bless You by the fragrance of Christ in my life. Help me to grow, and grow, and grow some more -- in the love and grace and sweet aroma of Jesus living in my heart. In His holy name I ask this, Amen. |
You are manifestly an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (2 Corinthians 3:3) |
"Epistle"- An ancient word that means "a personal letter." Several Bible books are called "epistles" because they are personal letters written to a person or group of people. For example, today's Bible verse comes from "Second Corinthians," which is an epistle/letter written by Paul {under the inspiration of God} to Christians in the town of Corinth, Greece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's Bible verse says that you are "an epistle of Christ." That is, you are a living letter from God, to all the people who know you.
To a significant degree, unbelievers *judge* the value of becoming a Christian by what they see in YOU. It's an awesome responsibility as well as a great opportunity.
When a big problem comes your way, it's only natural to ask God for a fast solution. But sometimes a solution does NOT come quickly, and the problem lingers on, or even gets bigger. Your family and acquaintances watch you very closely at such times. They watch you because they want to know...
Nobody enjoys problems, but consider this...
God said to me, "My
grace is sufficient for you, Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, |
Dear God of all grace, I humbly admit that I need to be more and more
changed into a living letter of Christ. So often, those who read me see only me. I ask You in faith to inscribe
the character of Christ upon my heart, that others may see Him in my daily walk, Amen. top |
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