1 Peter 4:10 NKJV As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. DaySpring. (2005). Restore my soul - encouragement from gods word. Siloam Springs, AR: DaySpring Cards, Inc. Heavenly Father, You said that life is in the blood. When I was born again, I received a new bloodline – a transfusion of pure blood from You replacing my old bloodline that was contaminated with sin and generational curses. An exchange took place that brought me into Your family, Lord. It cost You everything – the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Your Son. It costs me nothing but genuine repentance. Thank You for this glorious exchange in the name of Jesus. Amen. (Leviticus 17:11; 1 John 1:7) Daily Confession: I am purified from all unrighteousness through acceptance of the shed blood of Jesus Christ (1 John 1:9) Harrison House. (1994). Prayers that avail much daily calendar. Tulsa, OK: Harrison House. The Source of Abundant Joy “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). Paul as speaking here of the things that might seem likely to separate a saint from the love of God. But the remarkable thing is that nothing can come between the love of God and a saint. The things Paul mentioned in this passage can and do disrupt the close fellowship of our soul with God and separate out natural life from Him. But none of them is able to come between the love of God and the soul of a saint on the spiritual level. The underlying foundation of the Christian faith is the undeserved, limitless miracle of the love of God that was exhibited on the Cross of Calvary; a love that is not earned and can never be. Paul said this is the reason that “in all things we are more than conquerors.” We are super-victors with a joy that comes from experiencing the very thing which look as if they are going to overwhelm us. Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. Lets apply that to our own circumstances. The things we try to avoid and fight against – tribulations, suffering, and persecution – are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. “We are more than conquerors through Him” “in all these things”; not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. A saint doesnt know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it. Paul said, “I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation” (2 Corinthians 7:4). The undiminished radiance, which is the result of abundant joy, is not built on anything passing, but on the love of God that nothing can change. And the experiences of life, whether they are everyday events of the terrifying ones, are powerless to “separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). Chambers, O. (1935 (1963, 1992)). My utmost for his highest, an updated edition in todays language. Nashville, TN: Discovery House Publishers.
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