Prayer – Lord, You are holy. We sing, “Holy, Holy, Holy—Merciful
and Mighty/God in Three Persons/ Blessed Trinity.” It is almost unimaginable
that we could ever be holy as You are…but nothing is impossible with You, Lord
God. We’re trusting You to keep Your promise that we can be Your children, if
we believe in Jesus as our Savior, and we can be holy. Thank you!
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls
us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this
world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.
Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what
we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him,
for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation
will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3
Meditate. How do you see God?
How do you see God? How does God see you? Does He see you
as His child? Of course, if you believe in Jesus as your Savior, you are a
child of God.
Everyone who
believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who
loves the Father loves his children, too. 1 John 5:1
There it is again…love God…and love others. That is repeated
time and again. God expected the Israelites to love Him…and to love others. He
wants the same thing…for all His children. That’s us.
What more could anyone want than to love and be loved? That
is a basic human need. Even the toughest person deep in some dungeon prison
cell has a place in his or her heart that needs to be filled with God’s love…and
whether they would admit it or not—they need to love God and others.
Purity. God desires holiness for His children.
Since you have heard
about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old
sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and
deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on
your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. Ephesians
4:21-24
He expects His children—His followers—to be holy.
So think clearly and
exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to
you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God's
obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your
own desires. You didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in
everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say,
"You must be holy because I am holy." 1 Peter 1:13-16
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| Crossing the Bridge at the Creation Museum Gardens. Does this show self-control? Sure--no jumping over the rails! Be holy for God is holy. |
Verse of Salvation ~ So get rid of all evil behavior. Be
done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. Like newborn
babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full
experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a
taste of the Lord's kindness. 1 Peter 2:1-3
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