Weak in sinful nature? God is the answer

For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit....... 

- Romans 8:3-4 -

Thoughts on This Verse... When the Spirit lives in us, we don't need a law to guide us. The Spirit produces the character that God desires and that is well beyond what any law would require (cf. Gal. 5:22-23). While the Law can teach us God's will and reveal to us what is sinful, the Law can't fix our sinfulness nor empower us to live according to God's will. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, can cleanse, transform, empower, and inspire us to be what God calls us to be in ways no law can. Let's thank God for his amazing and wonderful presence in us through his Spirit!


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Spreading all the love around!

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth....... 

- 1 John 3:18 -

Thoughts on This Verse... ''Talk is cheap.''''Actions speak louder than words.'' Let's show our love for our family, our friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ by the way we live and what we do for each other.


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Unity

If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.........

- Romans 6:5-6 -

Thoughts on This Verse... Paul reminds us that our baptism was more than just a dunking in water. In baptism, we shared in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. What he did to save us is now shared with us. We die to sin and are raised to be a new person, cleansed and made holy, empowered by the Holy Spirit. We have been set free from the power and the penalty of sin.


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Baptized into his death

Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.......

- Romans 6:3-4 -

Thoughts on This Verse... Baptism is far more than getting wet or checking off another thing on our obedience to do list. You see, what saves is Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection (1 Cor. 15:1-5). God has given us the incredible grace (Rom. 6:1,14,15) of being able to share in Jesus' saving work through faith and experience it in baptism (Gal. 3:26-27). We die to the old way of life and bury it in the past. It no longer holds us. This death is the death that matters most. Raised to a new life, our life is now joined to Christ and his future becomes our own (cf. Col. 3:1-4). The life we now live is to glorify God and to live with him forever. That means the Gospel is not just something preached; it is something we experience by grace.


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Evil is ruin

The way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous, but it is the ruin of those who do evil....... 

- Proverbs 10:29 -

Thoughts on This Verse... What is your source of security, hope, and protection? The way of the Lord is a refuge, a strength, a place of security! Let's make sure we live our lives there, knowing that God's commands and demands for righteousness are for our protection as well as his glory.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Creation awaits!

The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.......

- Romans 8:19 -

Thoughts on This Verse... Eagerly waits! Don't you just love that idea! Sounds like an oxymoron. It's not. Think of a groom waiting for his bride to come down the aisle. Imagine parents of a child that is due to be born. Remember what it was like as a child waiting for Christmas morning. Eagerly waits! That's what creation, so caught up with decay, disaster, and death, is doing! And what is creation waiting for so eagerly? Our transformation and revelation as God's triumphant and glorious children. Sounds pretty wonderful for a time and world like ours.


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Shout your heart out!

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth....... 

 - Psalm 100:1 -

Thoughts on This Verse... With joy, let's praise and make a joyful noise to the LORD of lords and the King of kings today. Let's find short moments during our day, seize them, and use them to give thanks and praise to our Father in heaven. When we are blessed, let's take a moment and pause for praise. In every good thing, let's share a phrase of praise to our gracious Father.

 

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**