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Take Up Your Cross

As a follower of Jesus, I surrendered control of my life to my Lord. Here in His presence I experience the power to become the husband, dad, and person He created me to be. Yes there are things Jesus has called me to surrender but each time I do He shows me what I thought I needed to have life was keeping me from experiencing the abundant life He came to give me (John 10:10).

 

Tonight I can’t promise you that in Christ you’ll have worldly wealth, physical health, or human prosperity. What I can promise is you’ll be forgiven, free, new, and a child of God. I can promise you’ll experience a peace the passes all understanding and an unseachable love.

 

Long after the wealth and power have faded, Jesus is Lord. Long after the health and prosperity have slipped away, Jesus is Lord. When heaven and earth pass away, Jesus is Lord. Who (or what) is Lord of your life?

By Daniel Higginbotham, ago

Jesus is God

I’m not sure what you’ve heard or what you’ve been taught, but Jesus is God. God didn’t simply send some lesser created being into creation to save you, He left nothing to chance. Jesus this the image of the invisible God, the perfect essence and exact representation of the Father. This means that the God of universe stooped down into time, the Creator entered His creation to do what only God could: save you.

 

The unchanging nature of God should help us to understand who He is. God’s love is absolute and He has given everything so we could be forgiven and free. When Jesus died on the cross He made a way where there was no way. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and the only way to forgiveness, redemption, and restoration (John 14:6).

 

My prayer for you and I today is that the truth of God’s love would constantly be at the forefront of our minds and thought. May everything we do be to point others to this great salvation and love. May we remember that if we reject such a great gift of salvation through Jesus that we would all be desperately lost.

By Daniel Higginbotham, ago

My Light and Salvation

Question: since Jesus is Lord of my life, whom and what do I have to fear? Answer: no one and nothing. Spiritually this truth is sound as my rest, hope, peace, and future are all in the hands of the Creator of the Universe. My every today and every tomorrow are firmly flowing from the grace and mercy of my God and Father. My Lord Jesus has ensured that nothing in the universe can separate me from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39).

 

Practically though, this is very difficult to remember. In the midst of trials, threats, tribulation, and worldly trouble it is sometimes incredibly difficult to hold onto the promises of an unchanging God (Hebrews 13:8). In my life God has never stopped being faithful, His love sustains me and transforms me. But this is a training process, slow and sometimes painful. Don’t give up in the middle of His loving work in your life.

 

My prayer is that you and I would both be comforted and strengthened today as we remember that God is our light and salvation. Even as darkness grows across the world, the light of Christ is shinning brightly. Even as death and doom seem to loom on the horizon, our salvation and life are sure in Jesus Christ. Be still, know that Jesus is God. (Psalm 46:10)

By Daniel Higginbotham, ago