That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6, KJV) Three days ago, we discussed the reality of the new creation in Christ. Let us take this one step further in today’s devotional. The new creation in Christ is much more than just Read More
Children of God
You are a child of destiny
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will (Ephesians 1:5, KJV) Destiny, in essence, is whatever God had planned for your stay on earth before you were ever conceived. The very thought of it, that before we were born, certain things were Read More
Born of God, Hallelujah!
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:13, KJV) You were conceived through the agency of your father and your mother. Humanly speaking, you came into being, that is, born, through your parents. In general terms, the word “born Read More
The Powerful Influence of Relationship with God
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is (Genesis 21:17, KJV) Hagar and her son Ishmael have kicked out Abraham’s house after Read More
Adopted into God’s family
“He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will—to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son” (Eph. 1:5-6 NET). Grace is adoption into God’s family as His sons, in the Read More
You are not of the world but of God
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (Jn. 17:16 NAS) Part of the reason why the Jews couldn’t stand the teachings of Jesus was because of the claims He made of Himself. They count not stand hearing Jesus, whom they thought they knew, say He was the Son Read More
You are the sheep of His pasture so eat!
Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. (Ps. 100:3 NAS) God has pasture for His sheep. The pasture is created and designed for the sheep. Pasture represents God’s provisions for our needs and is Read More
I am a child of God for real!
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (Rom. 8:16 NAS) No assumptions, “I am a child of God for real!”. We are children of God because God reproduced Himself( beget us) when we got born again. His nature is in us. As children bear the nature of their parents, Read More