Daily Devotions
"I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Colossians 2:2-3 NLT
JUNE 19
"Lord, how oft shall ... I forgive? ... Jesus saith.... Until seventy times seven."- Matthew 18:21,22
Jesus gave a parable concerning a servant whose master forgave him a huge debt, but he turned around and refused to forgive a small amount owed to him. His master was very angry and had him put in prison. This lesson was to help us realize how much God has forgiven us, and we should forgive others also. Colossians 3:13
June 19
Light [Truth] is sown for the righteous, and gladness [the joys of the Truth] for the upright in heart. (Psalm 97:11)
THE true children of God love the Truth because they have an affinity for it....When they have found the Truth they recognize its value; they prize it, and meditate upon it....They say, It is just like God: it is the manifestation of His glorious goodness, the reflection of His loving, benevolent, wise and just character. And therefore they love the Truth and the God who gave it: they treasure it up in their hearts and con it over again and again; and as they look into it, and admire all its symmetry and beauty, they strive more and more to conform their own characters to the same lines of beauty and seek to commend it by word and conduct to others, that they also may be blessed by it.
June 19
Take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day. Ephesians 6:13
NO MAN ever puts on armor unless he expects to fight. If he is a soldier of the cross, the "sword of the Spirit" is the great weapon with which he will prove his loyalty and strength. The brethren should build each other up in the most holy faith, fighting the good fight, and showing their loyalty to the Lord and to the truth. (Jude 20; I Timothy 6:12) Those who succumb to the influences of darkness show themselves unworthy of the new order of things, and they may not expect to be sharers with Christ in his kingdom, but to be among those rejected of the Lord as unworthy.
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