God’s Word Says….

Romans 6:1-2 (NCV)
1 So do you think we should continue sinning so that God will give us even more grace? 2 No! We died to our old sinful lives, so how can we continue living with sin?

My Thoughts…..
No doubt you have heard, or perhaps have used, excuses when you messed up, such as: “the devil made me do it”, or “I just couldn’t help myself” or something similar, but have you ever tried using the ‘fact’ used in these verses by Paul – “Apparently I have not died to my old sinful life”? Friends, in a lot of ways I think about the Christian life like I do married life. When I committed my life to my wife, I didn’t continue to live like a single guy – dating and partying with just any girl! Why then would we allow ourselves to go back to our old sinful selves, if we have truly surrendered our lives to Jesus and asked Him to control our actions so that they might be pleasing to Him? In our married lives it is a thing of commitment and relationship. I would dare say that in our Christian lives we are challenged with the same thing – Commitment to serve God and live according to His commands and His will for our lives. These things are learned from reading and meditating on God’s Word in a very personal and solitute manner. As God speaks to us through His Word, and as we commune with Him through prayer, we build a sweet relationship with Him. These are the things that will help us to stay focused on Him and not slip back into our old sinful lives. Remember that song, Greater Is He that is In Me, Than He that is in the World?

Challenge……
Let me challenge you to check your priorities today. If you are centered around and spending time doing the things of this world, then you will keep on sinning. If instead, you commit yourself to studying God’s Word daily and commune with Him regularly, then you will begin to look and act more like Him, plus you will build such a sweet relationship with Him that you will trust Him to lead you in all decisions and in all walks of life. He will become greater in your life than anything that this world has to offer.

Prayer……
Father, there is nothing I would rather more, than to have so much of You in me, that there is just no room for the evil of this world to sneak in. Please continue to work in my life and help me to stand firm on Your Word and in faith trust you to direct my every thought, word or deed. Lord, I am concerned by the thousands of folk that attend our churches each week and leave feeling like they have met a certain obligation. I pray today that people who are called by your name, will look, act and speak so much like You that this world would know no different. I am blessed in knowing you, but I ask for all this today in the name of Your precious Son, Jesus, AMEN!

Action…..
In response to God leading You through this devotional today, please get with a Bible teaching Pastor you may know and allow him to guide you. Otherwise feel free to reply to my post online, or you may email me directly at NuggetsFromGodsWord@outlook.com. I will gladly add you to my prayer list, and/or respond to your request(s) ASAP.