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2016 Day 126 – Galatians 5

05 Thursday May 2016

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Jew or Gentile doesn’t matter. We are saved by the love and sacrifice of Jesus. In Galatians 5:6 Paul says, For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has an value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Let us make no mistake that Christ died and saved us because of His love for us. There is no other reason or motive. In turn, we are to reflect the love of Jesus to others because of our faith in His love for us. We were created for this purpose.

2016 Day 125 – Galatians 4

04 Wednesday May 2016

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For those who were not born through the Israelite lineage, God provided a way for all to be saved through Christ. In Galatians 4:7 Paul says, So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. Though we are adopted children, just like any adopted child, we have the right to the full inheritance. God loves us no matter how we became His children.

2016 Day 124 – Galatians 3

03 Tuesday May 2016

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Through God’s grace and His ability, love, and desire, He provided a way to eternal life for all of us. In Galatians 3:14 Paul tells the Galatians, He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. The promise of the Spirit was the promise we would not be left alone. With the Holy Spirit living in us, we have a source of power, strength, and guidance to lead us to God’s will for our lives and His perfect plan for all of us.

2016 Day 123 – Galatians 2

02 Monday May 2016

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Believers today are in danger of living as if Christ died for nothing. All that Paul fought for in his ministry is in danger every time we act as though “being good” makes us righteous. Paul reiterates this in Galatians 2:21, I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing. We are in danger of living a life as though Christ died for nothing. If we place ourselves in a position of comparing ourselves against the rest of the world through our ability to act righteously, we will fail and gain nothing. Christ alone makes us righteous, and until we make the comparison about Him, we will always be seen as no better than the rest of the world.

2016 Day 122 – Reflection Day

01 Sunday May 2016

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We hope you enjoy today as a day of reflection and worship. This is a great day to catch up on reading and spending time with family and friends.

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2016 Day 121 – Galatians 1

30 Saturday Apr 2016

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Our world is full of false teaching. Whether it’s acceptance of things clearly condemned by God, or the belief that everyone goes to heaven as long as they are “good”. However, Paul clearly rejects all of these and goes as far as condemning them eternally. In this first chapter of Galatians, Paul says this twice, the second being in Galatians 1:9, As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! We know the truth. Let us not be persuaded or seduced into thinking the world has a better grasp of reality than our Father and Creator.

2016 Day 120 – Acts 16

29 Friday Apr 2016

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After being relieved all the prisoners did not escape, the jailer asked Paul and Silas how he could be saved. In Acts 16: 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.” Salvation is simple. There is nothing complicated about believing in Jesus and accepting His grace. We do not need to make things any harder than they need to be.

2016 Day 119 – Acts 15

28 Thursday Apr 2016

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Christ died to fulfill the law, not abolish it. But in the same vein, He freed us from the burden of salvation through the law. If we were still required to maintain the law as part of salvation, we would fail. When the religious leaders of that time tried to require believers to follow the law in order to attain salvation, Paul replied to them in Acts 15:10-11, 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are. We are free from sin and from working for our salvation. That doesn’t mean we are free to sin, but we are free from the consequences of our sin nature.

2016 Day 118 – James 5

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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I love what James say about Elijah in James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. While Elijah was one of the greatest prophets in the Bible, he was still just a man. The difference between Elijah and us was his tremendous faith and trust in God. There is nothing standing in our way of having the same trust and faith except us.

2016 Day 117 – James 4

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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God does not want us to choose anything other than him. James 4:4 says, You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. We cannot be a friend to God and this word. Choose Him!