TALK ABOUT EXPENSIVE!

 

 

Romans 3:23-25

 

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith." ESV

 

When we accept the free gift of salvation, often times we forget its extremely expensive cost. Who paid the bill for this most eloquent and elaborate gift? It was paid in full by the God who loves us that much, by the perfect Son who was willingly tortured and shed His blood for us, and by the Holy Spirit who leads us to Him. All free to us, costing our Lord everything. How can it be that difficult to give back to Him everything we are, everything we have? It all belongs to Him anyway.

 

Heavenly Father, how narrow our sight gets when we keep looking at all the things we have and all the things we want. Forgive us when we take Your lavish gift of salvation for granted. Forgive us for holding on to earthly things dear to us when You withheld nothing. Search our hearts and do the work necessary to give us the willingness to turn everything over to You. We pray in the name of Jesus, Amen.

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

 

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WHAT LAWS?

 

 

Romans 3:20

 

"For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin." ESV

 

Laws were created to give us boundaries so that we would stay within the limits of doing right. The problem is, laws do not give us the ability or even the desire to stay within the boundaries. Actually, the law just shows us that we do not have the ability to stay within the boundaries of what is right. We can only be made right(eous) by the sacrifice Christ made. Faith in Him gives us the desire and ability to stay right, even when there are no boundaries.

 

Heavenly Father, forgive us for thinking we can follow rules on our own and then find ourselves outside Your will. Help us to draw closer to you so that the law of the Spirit will keep us where we need to be. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

 

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

 

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ALL IN THE FAMILY

 

 

Titus 3:7

"So that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." ESV

When we understand that we ourselves could never justify our own sinfulness, we can begin to understand how much the Father loved us. Jesus Christ came to do what we could not do for ourselves: He paid the price we should have paid for our sin. Not only are we washed white, totally forgiven, but we are adopted as heirs to His kingdom. We are now family members of God Almighty. So amazing it is that all we have to do is believe, repent, and live our lives so that others will have no doubt to whose family we belong.

Heavenly Father, we cannot ever repay the eternal give of love You gave us. Help us to take on all of Your family's ways so that others will see and be drawn to You. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

 

         

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

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EVERYONE SINFUL, BELIEVERS JUSTIFIED

 

 

Romans 3:23,24

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." ESV

No matter how hard we try, or how committed to living like Christ, we will never be able to live a sinless life. We have all sinned and we will all sin in the future. It is the nature of being human. The good news is that Jesus Christ provided the way for those who believe in Him to be declared innocent of sin. Without Christ, we have no hope. With faith in Christ, we are not held accountable for the sins we committed. Glory to God.

Heavenly Father, how grateful we are that Jesus Christ made the ultimate sacrifice on the cross so that we would be considered innocent of sin. Help us to not take this for granted and take liberty to sin whenever we want. Help us to understand that that kind of sinning is not from a purified heart. Give us awareness that we will be held accountable for sin we refuse to confess and of which we refuse to repent. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, Amen.

        

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

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