2 Corinthians 5:14
Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died
for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.
Had Jesus Christ not died for us, we would be spiritually
dead and ruined. We would be slaves to
our sin and we would have no power to deliver ourselves from the miserable
state that we would be in.
But, indeed, Christ did die for us, so that we could all die
to sin and self. As we receive Jesus as
Our Savior, we are freed from a spiritually dead life. We are freed to live for Our Redeemer. It is through Christ's love that we are able
to live as Our Redeemer lived in the perfect will of the Father.
It is the love of our beloved, Jesus Christ, that shines
forth in us when we submit ourselves to be vessels of His perfect love. The love of Jesus in our lives is what allows
us to show the world what living for Christ is all about. With Him and through Him, we will do more for the kingdom of God than we could ever even imagine.
Let us be certain in our faith that Jesus lives inside us
today. Let us surrender to Him, giving up our old lives in the flesh and claiming our new lives in the spirit. Let us mirror His nature and His
character. Let us live in the fullness
of His will and plan for our lives.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the sacrifice of Your Son
who died for our sins. We praise the
name of Jesus for accepting Your will and plan for His life all the way to the
Cross. We pray, Father, that the world
will see the way, the truth and the life of Jesus through us as we leave our
old lives behind in exchange for the our new lives in Christ. We ask, Lord, that the fullness of the life
of Your Son, Jesus, be perfected in us.
May the world know us as His disciples.
We ask all these things in the name of the precious Lamb of God, Jesus
Christ.
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