Supporters’ Extra: Get Up And Live
As always, a big thank you to you all for donating to keep this work of mine going. Here is an extra devotion, as a token of my appreciation.
Get up and do something, we said this week. Get up and seek Christ, share Christ, serve Christ. Get up like Peter with eagerness.
But today I want to read from Romans 6. It's a long passage, longer than I normally read in my devotions. But listen closely, or read along if you can, and see if you can spot how Paul compares Christ's resurrection with our own spiritual resurrection:
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? read or listen to this full devotion on my Patreon page here – for a monthly amount of your choice.
Oswald Chambers had a passion for holiness. Remember today that the great message of the Bible is that we are called to holiness.
Excessive entertainment and earthly pursuits can rob us of spiritual joy and make us spiritually lethargic. Examine your leisure activities and ask if you could enjoy them with Jesus beside you, then commit to feeding your soul on things that glorify Him.
An extra devotion for my supporters! Amon increased his guilt by continuing in sin, but God's grace is greater than any sin. Come to God in repentant prayer today, leaving behind old ways and finding His sanctifying grace.
God’s grace did more for Manasseh than just forgive him. It transformed him. Do you need to start living for God more purposefully, as a forgiven child?
Circumcision in the Old Testament was more than a ritual - it was a picture of belonging to God, foreshadowing the New Testament reality of heart transformation. Consider today how God's grace goes before our understanding, welcoming us into His family even as children.
God’s offer is not a ‘half-off’ deal. He wants to sanctify the whole of you! Will you submit to Him for this?
God wanted Abraham to physically circumcise the males in his household, but the New Testament teaches us that in Christ, God wants to give us a spiritual circumcision, cutting away our old sinful selves. Have you submitted to Him for this blessing?
Abram compromised, and we all do. But the good news is that God has made a way out of these sinful habits, if we will take it.
Being sanctified doesn’t mean you’ve arrived. It only means you are more free to keep growing.
The most personal song on the new album – celebrating the freedom I found.
God’s saving and sanctifying grace causes us to worship with gladness!
What is God’s will for your life? You can sure that He wants to save, sanctify and glorify you.
God’s grace is able to forgive, and sanctify. Is your faith in Him for both of these?
William Greathouse had a deep passion for holiness as the central message of the Bible.
Paul's vision in Romans 6 is breathtaking - a life died to sin and raised again in Christ. Ask yourself today whether you are truly living as a new creation, or still sitting in the old life that Christ came to set you free from.