OCTOBER 29 - NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
READ Colossians 2
Christ is our Savior and example—the center of life for Christians.
INSIGHT
People can no more save themselves than they can fly to Jupiter. Both are utterly impossible. And because of our spiritual condition and the spiritual laws of God, we stand a greater assurance of making our spiritual condition worse instead of better by trying to save ourselves. Paul says that we were dead. We had decrees written against us that we were powerless to remove. God made us alive together with Christ and removed the decrees against us by nailing them “to the cross” (vv. 13-14). We must gain salvation by grace through faith in Christ or not have it at all.
PRAYER
Praise the Lord that in our utter helplessness He offered us salvation through Christ:
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Romans 11:33).
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
Now pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
Let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Turn your face away from my sins
And blot out all my guilt (Psalm 51:7-9).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
And that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me, until that day (2 Timothy 1:12).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
He saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5).
Christ is our Savior and example—the center of life for Christians.
INSIGHT
People can no more save themselves than they can fly to Jupiter. Both are utterly impossible. And because of our spiritual condition and the spiritual laws of God, we stand a greater assurance of making our spiritual condition worse instead of better by trying to save ourselves. Paul says that we were dead. We had decrees written against us that we were powerless to remove. God made us alive together with Christ and removed the decrees against us by nailing them “to the cross” (vv. 13-14). We must gain salvation by grace through faith in Christ or not have it at all.
PRAYER
Praise the Lord that in our utter helplessness He offered us salvation through Christ:
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Romans 11:33).
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
Now pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
Let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Turn your face away from my sins
And blot out all my guilt (Psalm 51:7-9).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
And that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me, until that day (2 Timothy 1:12).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
- Greater love for others
- The work of missions in Australia and New Zealand
- Your activities for the day
- Whatever else is on your heart
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
He saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5).
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