Precious Savior,
I rejoice and exult in hope! I have good reason to be joyful because I’m on my way to Heaven. Thank You, Lord, for paying the penalty for all my sins and for clothing me in Your own righteousness. This is the basis of my hope — a hope that is secure, regardless of my circumstances. No one can snatch me out of Your hand. In You I have absolute, eternal security!
Your Word instructs me to be constant in prayer. I need this communication with You at all times, but especially when I’m struggling. Yet during trials, my ability to focus on You can be hampered by stress and fatigue. So I’m grateful for the amazing source of strength I have within me: Your Holy Spirit. As I ask Your Spirit to control my mind, He strengthens me and enables me to pray. I’m glad that my prayers don’t have to be eloquent or organized; I can just let them flow freely out of my circumstances.
Lord, please help me stay in communication with You, especially during times of adversity — so that I can be steadfast and patient in suffering.
In Your hopeful Name, Jesus, amen.
Rest in Me, My child.
This time devoted to Me
is meant to be peaceful, not stressful.
You don’t have to perform
in order to receive My Love.
I have boundless, unconditional
Love for you.
Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer. — Romans 12:12 AMPC
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish — ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. — John 10:28 HCSB
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. — Romans 8:6
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Precious Jesus,
You are the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in You will live, even though he dies. You spoke this powerful truth to Martha when her brother Lazarus had been dead for four days, and she believed You. Then You commanded Lazarus to come out of his tomb, and he did!
I love pondering Your teaching that You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
- You are everything I could ever need — for this life and the next.
All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in You. Believing this truth simplifies my life and helps me stay focused on You. Please train me in the joyful discipline of treasuring You above all else.
You are the answer to all my struggles, the Joy that pervades all time and circumstances. You make my hard times bearable and my good times even better. So I come to You just as I am, desiring to share more and more of my life with You. I rejoice as I journey with You — the Way
who guides me step by step and the Resurrection who gives me eternal Life.
In Your majestic Name, amen.
As you follow Me,
I lead you along paths of newness:
ways you have never imagined.
Don’t worry
About what is on the road up ahead.
I want you to find your security
In knowing Me,
the One who died to set you free.
I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies. — John 11:25
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” — John 14:6 NKJV
My purpose is that... they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. — Colossians 2:2–3
Excerpted with permission from Jesus Listens for Lent & Easter by Sarah Young, copyright Jesus Calling Foundation.
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Jesus is everything we need! In His name we can pray in hope because He is the answer to all of our struggles. ~ Devotionals Daily