Bible Verse to Lift You Up 5/19/21

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BE HOLY

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John 17:17-19 NKJV

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”

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Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”

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Quote: “For Paul, holy love is the self-giving love of Jesus embodied in his death on the cross. Jesus suffered infinite pain to rescue us from sin. That’s love. Paul exemplifies that love in his relationship with the Thessalonians, and he wants the same holy love to characterize their relationships.”—Matt O’Reilly, THE LETTERS TO THE THESSALONIANS, Seedbed, Bible Study

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me: We might ask, “Who me holy?” Yes; Jesus, God’s Son, was the sacrifice for our sins; we who love and accept Him as our Savior are washed clean from our sins. Jesus our Lord is holy, and His Spirit in us continues to sanctify us so we are able to do His will.

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PRAYER: Holy Spirit, prepare and grow me to be devoted to You and Your work in the world.

chrisp1653

I must admit, Sis, that the concept of me being made holy has caused me problems in the past, but of course, this is old devil's best trick. He loves for us to think that we are so bad that God won't accept us.

And he's right - we are that bad ! But,  to counter that badness, we have Jesus. Old devil just has no answer for Jesus, because it is through Him that we go from the extremes of worthlessness to adopted children of The Most High.

Thanks for reminding us of who our parentage really is !