Pensamento:
Quando invocamos o nome de Jesus no batismo, e confiamos nele como nosso Salvador, morremos para o pecado. Nesta morte, passamos da morte para a vida pela fé em Jesus e nos poder de Deus (João 5:24; Col 2:12). Nossa vida está unida a Jesus, e Seu futuro glorioso agora também é o nosso (Col 3:1-4). Não estamos debaixo da lei, mas da graça. Respondamos ao dom da graça com paixão e zelo para sermos santos. Precisamos nos abrir para o trabalho do Espírito Santo, que nos transforma para sermos como Jesus (2 Cor 3:18). Somos filhos da graça. Não somos escravos do pecado, mas libertos pela graça, para sermos tudo que deus nos fez para ser – sua obra de arte (Efésios 2:1-10). O Pecado não será nosso mestre!
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
As we called on Jesus' name in baptism and trusted him to be our Savior, we died to sin (Romans 6:3-4). By sharing in his death and resurrection, we died to dying (Romans 6:8-10; John 11:25-26). We passed from death to life because of our faith in Jesus and God's power (John 5:24). Our life is joined with Jesus, and his glorious future becomes our own (Colossians 2:12, 3:1-4). We are not under law, but grace. Let's respond to the gift of grace with passion and with zeal to be holy. Let's open ourselves to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, who is daily at work transforming us to become more like Jesus with ever-increasing glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). We are grace-children. We don't earn our righteousness. We don't keep laws to be owed salvation. In fact, we could never succeed at such a venture. We are not in bondage to sin, but liberated by grace to be all that God has made us to be — his craftsmanship, his artistry created to do good works (Ephesians 2:1-10). So let's refuse to let sin be our master and live fully into the grace we have received!
Oração:
Querido Senhor, purifique meu coração, e faça-o novo e vivo para a sua graça, e morto para o pecado que uma vez me embaraçou. No nome de Jesus. Amém.
My Prayer...
Purify my heart, dear Lord, and make it new and alive to your grace and dead to the sin that once entangled me. By grace I rejoice and choose to live by the power of your Spirit. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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