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Morning Devotional For Tuesday 3rd July - Edoman - 07-03-2018
RHAPSODY OF REALITIES
TUESDAY, 3RD JULY.
CHRIST IN YOU
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).
The essence of Christianity is “Christ in you”; that’s the power and the glory of Christianity. When some people say, “Christ is in me,” they’re merely repeating a religious cliché; they haven’t grasped the power and import of that statement. Everything Jesus came to accomplish was aimed at Christ being in you. Christ in you is everything.
Jesus didn’t just come to save us from sin; He saved us from sin for a purpose! Saving us from sin was a means to an end: to make each one of us God’s living tabernacle, in such a way that we become one with Him. This is the ultimate aim of Christianity. It’s an extraordinary thinking; it reveals the excellence of our God’s mentality! It’s like the mixture of a house and its owner. How can one even contemplate that, and eventually carry it out? How can one bring a house together with its owner, and make them one?
But our God did! He didn’t just make us His house, He made us one with Himself. Together, we’re one divine creation, for the Bible says, “…he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17). God’s ultimate purpose was to reproduce Himself in us, and He’s achieved it through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He didn’t just want to have kids; His idea was to reproduce Himself and have “associates of the God-kind.”
But when you look at your life, with the things happening, it may not seem like you’re anything close to what God ever intended. That’s why He wants you to focus on His Word and see that your priestly life has begun; your royal life has begun. The Holy Spirit in you is the assurance, the guarantee, and the realization of your glorious life. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for the treasure you’ve deposited in my spirit. I’m a king-priest unto you, showing forth your wisdom, and demonstrating your glory and dominion in the earth. Christ is in me, and His life in me makes me victorious forever, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
Acts 16:16-40 & Job 1-2
2-Year Bible Reading Plan
2 Corinthians 12:11-21 & Isaiah 22
#AFFIRMATIONTRAIN
3RD JULY.
I affirm that my mouth is filled with laughter because the Lord has made my life a bundle of joy and happiness, and a testimony of His goodness. I am filled with the fullness of God and out of my belly flow rivers of living water. Hallelujah! The Word of God has the pre-eminence in my life, and it continually produces in me what it talks about.
I experience the reality of the Word of God as I meditate on, and live in, the Word! I make progress, and circumstances are subdued to conform to the reality of God’s Word for my good. My heart is stayed on the Word; thus, the peace of God garrisons my heart and mind in Christ. Hallelujah! Today, I go forth in God’s glory, in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost because I’ve been enthroned by the Lord.
There’s no place for depression, weakness, and sadness in my life. I’m the seed of Abraham, and his blessings rest on me! I’m like a tree by the stream, well-watered and ever flourishing, bearing fruits of righteousness and experiencing luxuriant growth in every area of my life. My testimony of life is different because the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places and I live in prosperity and victory every day. Blessed be God. Hallelujah!
SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES NOW
• Be bold to say the same things that God has said concerning you in His Word. That is what takes you beyond salvation, to enjoy the benefits of salvation ~ Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.
God bless you.