Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in YouTube song and lyrics from the group Avalon singing … No Orphans of God … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, are born again in the family of God, adopted as Christ’s heirs … and ON TO THIS LINK to hear the group Hillsong United singing I Am A Child of God singing of the truth that God has not only saved His children but has redeemed us and set us free from our slavery to sin.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Galatians 4:7 [NLT] … 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir [c]of God through Christ.
… God, our “Abba Father” has made us His sons and heirs to His kingdom in the family of God.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Galatians 4:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, shows us that we are not only saved to be born-again into the family of God and no longer slaves to our sin nature; but that the Lord has made us His heirs in Christ.
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Reference Passage : … John 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God loved us so much that He saved us from our slavery to sin and made us heirs to His throne as adopted members of His family
Reference Passage : … Revelation 3:11-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We must hold on to our crown of life dearly because our Lord is coming and He will give us a new name as He crowns us in glory as the heir to His throne of grace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Mike Wittmer, uses a personal reflection to illustrate how we, as born-again Christians have been completely freed from the slavery of our sin nature and adopted into the family of God as heirs to God’s throne of grace. The ODB author writes … I’m glad when a philanthropist builds an orphanage for homeless children. I’m thrilled when that person gives even more and adopts one of them. Most orphans would be delighted merely to have a patron. But then to learn the sponsor isn’t content merely to help me but also wants me. How must that feel?
If you’re a child of God you already know, because it’s happened to you.
Dear ones, … reading here with me, … if you’re truly born-again and saved by God’s love [John 3:16-17], having repented of your sin and completely received God’s saving grace, then you know what the ODB author is writing is true. We are God’s redeemed and adopted sons and daughters; … and we’re not only freed from our bondage to sin; but we’ve been made heirs to God’s throne and will be crowned with His glory and given a new name when enter into His glory [Rev. 3:11-12].
And I pray today, humbly and thankfully, that we’re all living as heirs to God’s throne of sanctifying grace, having fully accepted the mantle of His adoption and walking in the freedom that He gave us by allowing us to be redeemed from our slavery to sin and made to be children of the King
So, listen to … and meditate on … the 2 linked songs and rejoice with me as fully redeemed members of God’s family!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for adopting me and giving me a new name when I join You in Your heavenly family.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me today to live our live as children of the Savior rather than slaves to self. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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