I, like so many other people, have devotions.
I believe that Jesus Christ is The Son Of God also.

The purpose of this thread is to share uplifting points with you that inspires me during my daily reading/studying.

You are going to be blessed by them, I know

Thank you.

*I use the "biblestudytools dotcom" website and the bullets below are mostly drawn from there except otherwise stated.

God somehow factors human messiness into his best equations.

While God sees the outcome of our story,
We only see the obvious implications for the moment.

The beauty of God's plan is often apparent only in retrospect, but it's always there.

It is possible to choose whether one will vigorously fight the battle that wages against the flesh or not.

Peace is not available in deception.

David, after he had Uriah`s wife.

Note the process:

King David’s assessment:“do not let this thing be evil in your sight” 2 Samuel 11:25
The Lord’s assessment: “the thing that David had done was evil” 2 Samuel 11:27
King David’s repentance: “I have sinned and done what is evil in your eyes” Psalms 51:3-4

The primary turning point for sinful humanity is to see with our eyes what the Lord sees with His eyes.

We need to see our lives as God sees them.

Christians who truly get the gospel discover its power again and again on a daily basis.
They get it in all three areas of text, context, and subtext because the gospel changes everything.

The gospel is the message, the text above all texts.

Truly getting the gospel means we understand that the gospel is supreme.

We humbly submit to the authority of God’s Word.

Those who love the gospel will not only find it a message to contend for, but also a message to live by.

The gospel is so gripping.

When you get it, it won’t let you believe in an artificial, photoshopped version of you.

Conventional wisdom says doing absolutely nothing should be easy for us; but surprisingly for most of us it isn`t!

Worrying turns my focus on me.

The root cause of worry is not misplaced priorities. It's misplaced faith. It's a failure to grasp the gospel of a God worthy of our trust.

Worry shows up whenever my view of God is diminished and my view of myself gets too big

I worry because my vision of God is skewed. I rest when my vision is fixed on God.

Our worth is not measured in what we do for God, but what God has done for us.
This is God the Father who sent his only Son to the cross that we deserved.
This is God the Son who willingly took on flesh, lived among us, and died in our place.
This is God the Spirit who prompts our hearts and brings us back into unending fellowship with our Maker.
It is the costly actions of God that give us our value.

The uneasiness of worry surfaces in our hearts when we lose sight of the gospel of God's grace to the undeserving. Failure to grasp the gospel is what causes us to take our eyes off the kingdom and forget who we are in Christ.

Thou art coming to a King,
large petitions with thee bring,
For his grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.
- John Newton