It Is Because of Him

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” - 1 Corinthians 1:30,21. 

           It is because of God’s work for us we are in Christ Jesus, who became our righteousness and holiness and redemption and not from ourselves. So let us boast only in the Lord as we are the partakers of His divine nature. By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust - 2 peter 1:4. 

Jesus: Our Righteousness

Jesus is our righteousness. We became the righteousness of God in Him as our sins are taken away by the blood of Christ. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him - 2 Corinthians 5:21. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness - Romans 6:18.

Jesus: Our Holiness

Jesus is our holiness. It is because of Him we are saved, called to a holy life and set apart for Him and transformed into His image and not because of anything we have done. He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace - 2 Timothy 1:9. But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly - Psalm 4:3. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord - 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Jesus: Our Redemption

Jesus is our redemption. Christ paid the ultimate price on the cross and we have redemption through His blood. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace - Ephesians 1:7. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us - Galatians 3:13. 

             For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery -                                                                                                              Galatians 5:1.  

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and                                                                                         the end, everlasting life - Romans 6:22.                                                                   

PRAYER: Dear Lord, It is because of You we are in You. You are our righteousness, holiness and redemption. We thank You for all You have done for us on the cross. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Prayer & Promises

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it - John 14:14.

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know - Jeremiah 33:3.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you -  John 15:7.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us - Ephesians 3:20.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours - Mark 11:24.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me - Psalm 50:15.

So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” - Luke 11:9-13.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land - 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you - Jeremiah 29:12.

The Lord will hear when I call to him - Psalm 4:3.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart - Jeremiah 29:13.

The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him - Ezra 8:22.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him - James 1:5. 

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective - James 5:16.

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation - Psalm 91:14-16.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them - Psalm 145:19. 

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them - Matthew 18:20.

Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us - Psalm 62:8.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up - James 4:8-10.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful - Colossians 4:2.

 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us devote ourselves to prayer. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

God's Love

     For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes                           in Him should not perish but have everlasting life - John 3:16.

                God demonstrated His own love toward us by sending his only begotten son for us.  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us - Romans 5:8. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him - 1 John 4:9. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another - 1 John 4:10,11.     

                God's love for us is great and unfailing. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved - Ephesians 2:4,5. How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! - 1 John 3:1. 'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you - Isaiah 54:10. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! - Psalm 36:7.

              Let us thank God for His great, unfailing and everlasting love for us. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever - 1 Chronicles 16:34. I have loved you with an everlasting love - Jeremiah 31:3. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22-23.                                                                                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Your love is great, unfailing and everlasting. We thank You for sending Your only begotten son for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Patience

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law - Galatians 5:22,23.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth – Isaiah 53:7.

He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth - Acts 8:32.

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains - James 5:7.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2.

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience - Colossians 3:12.

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant - 1 Corinthians 13:4.

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all - 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life - 1 Timothy 1:16.

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil - 2 Timothy 2:24.

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching - 2 Timothy 4:2.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy - Colossians 1:11.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit - Ecclesiastes 7:8.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools - Ecclesiastes 7:9.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised - Hebrews 10:36.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us - Hebrews 12:1.

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises - Hebrews 6:12.

And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise - Hebrews 6:15.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger - James 1:19.

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing - James 1:3,4.

You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand - James 5:8.

By your endurance you will gain your lives - Luke 21:19.

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience - Luke 8:15.

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly - Proverbs 14:29.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention - Proverbs 15:18.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city - Proverbs 16:32.

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone - Proverbs 25:15.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain - James 5:7.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!  - Psalm 37:7.         

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer – Romans 12:12.                                        

Be patient with everyone - 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

                                                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be patient in afflictions, in all we do and with everyone. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Rejoice In The Lord Always

                          Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! - Philippians 4:4.  

Rejoice In His presence

In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore - Psalm 16:11.

The joy of the Lord is your strength - Nehemiah 8:10.

Rejoice in His salvation

Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him;  let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation - Psalm 25:9. 

The joy of the Lord is our strength. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation - Psalm 35:9.

Let your heart rejoice

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones - Proverbs 17:22.

And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart - Jeremiah 15:16. 

In Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted in His Holy Name - Psalm 31:21.

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You - Psalm 5:11. 

I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope - Psalm 16:8,9.

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound - Psalm 4:7.

Rejoice amidst suffering

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials - James 1:2.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit - 1 Thessalonians 1:6.

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity - 2 Corinthians 8:1–2.

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints - Colossians 1:24.

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope - Romans 5:3–4.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer - Romans 12:12.

But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed - 1 Peter 4:13.   

Seek the Lord & rejoice

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always - Psalm 105:3-4. 

Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You - Psalm 40:16. 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope - Romans 15:13.

Shout joyfully to the Lord with songs of joy

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! - Psalm 32:11. 

Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy - Psalm 33:3. 

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises. Sing to the Lord with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm, With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King - Psalm 98:4-6. 

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy - Psalm 47:1.

Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!" - Psalm 118:15.

So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away - Isaiah 51:11. 

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy - Psalm 126:1-3. 

The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! - Psalm 97:1.

Rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory - 1 Peter 1:8.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it - Psalm 118:24.

                                                             

PRAYER: Let us rejoice always in all circumstances. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Overcome The Devil By The Word of God

          The word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one - 1 John 2:14(b). 

               Jesus overcame all the temptations of the devil by the Word of God. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’” - Mathew 4:4. Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God’ - Mathew 4:7. Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve’” - Mathew 4:10. 

To be able to stand against the schemes of the devil

             We need to to take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God to be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil - Ephesians 6:11. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God - Ephesians 6:17. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart - Hebrews 4:12. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour - 2 Peter 5:1.   

Devil will flee

              Like how the devil left Jesus, the devil will flee from us as we take the Word of God. Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him - Mathew 4:11. Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you - James 4:7. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places - Ephesians 6:12. Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices - 2 Corinthians 2:11. 

   And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony - Revelation 12:11.  

                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us overcome the devil by Your living and powerful Word that is sharper than any two- edged sword. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Jesus Chose To Become Fully Human

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross - Philippians 2:8.

To save us

For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people - Hebrews 2:17.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world – 1 John 4:14.  

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost - Luke 19:10.

To break the power of devil

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death - Hebrews 2:14,15.

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work -1 John 3:8.

To help us & provide a way of escape when tempted

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted - Hebrews 2:18.

 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it - 1 Corinthians 10:13.

To give us light

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness - John 12:46.

To reveal God’s glory

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth - John 1:14.4.

To live through Him

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him - 1 John 4:9.

To receive the adoption as sons

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons - Galatians 4:4,5.

To do the will of the Father

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me - John 6:38.

To serve and to give His life as a ransom for many

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many - Mark 10:45.

To call sinners to repentance

For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance - Mathew 9:13.

Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” - Luke 5:31,32.

To give us an abundant life

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly - John 10:10.

To give us an everlasting life

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life - John 3:16.

                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for coming to the world as fully human to save us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.