Pensées sur le Verset du Jour...
Il a payé une dette et j'en dois une. Dieu merci, je ne dois pas la dette de mon péché, mais je dois aux autres le même amour, le même respect et la même grâce avec lesquels Dieu m'a traité !
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Jesus paid the debt we owed God for our sins, trespasses, and rebellious actions (Colossians 2:13-14; 1 Peter 1:18-10). Thank God we no longer owe the debt for those transgressions because of God's grace (Romans 6:23). However, I do owe others the love, respect, forgiveness, and grace that God has lavished on me (Ephesians 4:32). As Paul reminded us yesterday:
Give everyone what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. (Romans 13:7)
Why is this so important? We are to keep paying installments on the "continuing debt to love one another" as Jesus has loved us!
Ma Prière...
Dieu Saint qui possède toutes choses, je vous remercie non seulement de me posséder, mais de m'avoir racheté de l'esclavage, du péché et de la mort. S'il te plaît, allume l'amour dans mon cœur par le Saint-Esprit afin que j'aime les autres comme tu le fais. Au nom de Jesus. Amen.
My Prayer...
Holy God, everything in heaven and earth is yours, yet you have graciously shared them with us, your children. We thank you for not just purchasing us from our debt to sin, but also for buying us out of our slavery to that sin, and to the evil one, death, and hell. Open our hearts to the realization that you own us, yet love us freely and forgive us completely. Please kindle love in our hearts through the refreshing power of the Holy Spirit that you pour into our hearts,* enabling us to love others as you have loved us. In Jesus' name, we pray and commit to love. Amen.
* Romans 5:5; John 7:37-39.
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