Morning by Morning, March 11 - Saved in Christ and “Raised with Christ”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You’re my Vine and I’m one of Your branches. I abide in You and You abide in me as I embrace Your Spirit in every level and depth of my being to begin my day centered in You. ...
“So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).
I was dead in my sins, but now I’m forgiven and free to be fully alive in Your grace. I was lost but now I’m found. I was on my own -- having to depend upon my own will power, my own wisdom, trying make my own way in my journey through this world -- but now I’m never alone and never left to depend on myself alone, because You’re always with me and even abiding within me by Your Spirit. “Christ in (me), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27).
You’ve saved me and raised me up with You. You’ve set my mind free, set my heart free, set my life free to be “hidden with Christ in God” so that Christ is my life and my life is Christ’s.
So keep lifting my eyes up to “seek the things that are above” so I can keep setting my mind on the things that are above -- above my sins, above my past, above all my failures and regrets, and all that would pull me down and keep my heart and spirit from soaring with You in the heavenly place of Your embrace. That’s where I was created to live. That’s who I was created to be.
As the old worship song says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” ...
As I begin my day -- embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit -- I’m turning my eyes upon You, I’m opening my heart wide to You, and I’m taking hold of the truth that I’m raised up with You so that “Christ who is (my) life” will be “revealed” through my life today. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be raised in Christ, secure and fulfilled in the truth you are saved by Christ and Christ abides in by His Spirit you, the hope of His glory display through you and your life in Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!
Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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