JUNE 9

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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1 John 3:1

“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.”

Romans 8:31

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”

2 Corinthians 6:2

“For He says: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

John 14:6

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”

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This is our last day of reading from the book by Erwin Lutzer, called “For Us.”  Tomorrow we will be starting  a book by  the much loved Corrie ten Boom.

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John chapter 17

The wonderful prayer of Jesus to the Father for His followers ~ including us.

“Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,  as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.  And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.  And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.   I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.  Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.  For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.  And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.  Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.  But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.  I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.  I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.  Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.  As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.  And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.  And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:  I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.  O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.  And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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Jesus longs to have a personal relationship with you.  That’s the whole point of His life on earth and His sacrificial death.  God could have accomplished His purpose in some other way, but this was the only way He could be “God with you,” adopt you into His family, and show you how much He wants your fellowship.

If you already have a personal relationship with Christ, will you pray this prayer with me today?

“Father, I am amazed at the mystery of salvation.  I am amazed at the love You have shown me.  Thank You that You tenderly drew me to Yourself, showed me my sins, then washed them away.  Please help me to stand at the foot of the cross in awe every day, offering You my whole life in gratitude for Your incomparable gift.  In Jesus wonderful name, Amen.”

If you haven’t yet accepted Christ as your personal sin-bearer, why don’t you right here”……..say, “Jesus, I see the gulf between God’s holiness and my sinfulness.  I see that I can never cross it on my own.  Please forgive me, cleanse me.  I receive what You did for me as my own, Jesus.  Please remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

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