Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my eyes unto the hill of Your holy Presence. And there I see Your cross and remember that I’m loved and forgiven, that I’m a son and a saint by the blood of the Lamb. You’re the source of my help and the center of my life. …
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and give Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 4:30-5:2).
Holy Spirit of God, God in Christ, and Christ in us, by the power of Your love in our hearts, You call us and empower us to “be imitators of God.” You forgive us and call us to forgive one another. You love us and call us to love one another. You put away Your wrath against our sin against You and call us to put away our wrath against the sins of those who have sinned against us.
We’re children of God, growing up to like our Daddy. We’re marked by Your Spirit, sealed by Your love. We’re set on a journey through all the challenges of this world, being conformed into the image of the Son of God, abiding in us, making us more like You each day—if we’ll let You. And as we do, we become as You are—“a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
By embracing Your Spirit and the power of Your love through the every-day moments of our lives, we are being changed into Your image, revealing Your heart to the world around us. “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). By the power of the grace of God, Lord, let it be so in me this day and every day. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
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