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The People of the Living God

2018-06-07 Devotional Companion to Revelation, Devotional with Hymn No comments

A reflection on Revelation 7:9-17,
the vision of the heavenly multitude

We are the people of the Living God.

Embattled,
rejected, and
sharing the suffering of our crucified Lord,
we are the people of the Living God.

Human but holy,
flawed but forgiven,
immature but growing daily in Christ,
we are the people of the Living God.

Chosen,
adopted,
redeemed,
sanctified, and
sealed as His very own,
we are the people of the Living God.

We are His Body,
His temple,
His treasured possession,
His precious children.

And soon, we will be His
holy,
glorious,
stunningly beautiful Bride,
aglow with the perfection of our Beloved.

We are the people of the Living God.

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All We Are in Him

2017-05-31 Devotional with Hymn No comments

We are God’s chosen people.
What varied and beautiful pictures He draws of
all we are in Him!

We are His temple,
built with solidity and strength,
built to last.
Our strength comes from our eternal foundation, which is
Jesus Christ.
As God’s temple, we are a holy vessel,
prepared to be filled with
His life and
His worship.

We are branches in the Vine,
inseparably united with the True Vine,
Jesus Christ.
We have no existence apart from Him.
As we remain in Him, we are
vibrantly alive,
ever growing, and
richly fruitful.

We are the body of Christ.
Christ is our Head.
We live and function
from Him,
through Him, and
to Him.
We are inseparable from Him and
organically dependent on Him.

We are the bride of Christ.
We who are human
now glow with
the radiant, vibrant love of
our heavenly Bridegroom.
As we receive His love and
give His love,
we are
deeply,
beautifully,
eternally one with Him.

Now and forever,
we are
His temple,
His branches,
His body,
His bride.

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Chosen

2015-06-21 Devotional with Hymn No comments

John 15:16, 19

“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit.” (John 15:16, NASB)

God chose us as He chose Israel in the Old Testament.
Our coming to God, our relationship with Him, was entirely
His idea,
His choice,
His purpose,
His intention, and
His doing, out of
His love and by
His personal sacrifice.

Israel proved unworthy of His choice.
God’s purpose for them, His destiny for them
was fulfilled only in Jesus Christ.

So it is with us:
our worthiness,
our destiny,
our chosenness
is in Jesus Christ alone.

Like Israel, we were chosen,
not for special privilege,
but for a special purpose.
We were chosen,
not instead of unbelievers,
but on their behalf,
so that God might
reach them,
bless them, and
draw them to Himself.
We were chosen, not because He loved us more,
but because of His burning, tireless love for them.
He chose us to show them how much He loves them.

We were chosen to be
His personal possession,
His special treasure.
We were chosen to be uniquely, totally His.
We were chosen to be holy,
to be set apart completely to Him.
We were chosen for a life of obedience.
We were chosen for a life of self-sacrifice,
just as was our elder brother, Jesus Christ.
We were chosen to be God’s children,
to live and love like our Father,
to bring Him glory and praise.
We were chosen to share the Father’s
beautiful,
intimate,
seamless relationship with Jesus Christ,
now and forever.

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