- MONDAY -

Good morning folks,

I want to look at Romans 5:8 this morning as a reminder of where we were without Jesus.  Aren't you glad that He came into our lives when He did?  I was on a very bad path that would have had a bad ending for me if it had not been for Jesus.  I'm so glad that Jesus changed all that as only He could.

I've talked to a few people who have told me they were going to "clean up their act" and then come to Jesus.  It doesn't work that way!  They need to come to Jesus first and foremost to have His help to "clean up their act"!

⁶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:6-8 NASB 

Since He died for us we need to live for Him!

Be blessed, be a blessing,

Randy

- TUESDAY -

Dear Ones,

We can read in Matthew 24 where after death and resurrection Jesus appeared to the eleven and others discussing various encounters with him.  They were startled, terrified, struggling and couldn't grasp the reality of what had happened.  Jesus ate a piece of broiled fish in front of them to verify that he lived.

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures (Luke 24:44-45 HCSB).

Jesus opened their minds to understand the Scriptures!  How many people do we encounter on a weekly basis who do not understand the Scriptures?  How many cannot grasp that God loves them and that Jesus died on the cross as a propitiation for their sins?  Perhaps an appropriate prayer for those who struggle to believe is that Jesus will open their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Be blessed. Be a blessing.

--Jackie

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