Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube with song and lyrics from Danny Gokey singing … Masterpiece … poignantly singing of how we, having been born-again in Christ are God’s masterpiece fashioned for God works in His name and for His glory.
"Handmade for you by Munna"
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] … 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
… God created us - His masterpiece - to glorify Him by the works He planned for us to do.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 2:4-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul relating what our purpose is in Christ.
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Reference Passage : …2 Corinthians 5:17 [NLT] … 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
… Born-again in Christ, we are being newly re-fashioned in His image.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 1:6 [NLT] … 6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
… Paul shows us God’s promise that He is refashioning us into a “masterpiece” in His images.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Elisa Morgan, uses a personal remembrance to teach on how genuine Christians are being made-over into an image of The Master, … King Jesus. The ODB author wrote … My grandmother was a talented seamstress who won contests in her native Texas. Throughout my life, she celebrated hallmark occasions with a hand-sewn gift. A burgundy mohair sweater for my high school graduation. A lovely quilt for my marriage [see photo]. I’d fold over a corner of each custom-crafted item to discover her signature tag reading, “Hand made for you by Munna.” With every embroidered word, I sensed my grandmother’s love for me and received a powerful statement of her faith in my future.
The Apostle Paul really wanted fellow Christians to know [see Reference passages above] that when one surrendered his/her life to the Lordship of Christ, that person was destined to be refashioned into a Masterpiece of the Lord’s creation, … remade into a unique make-over of Christ’s image. And we would see HIM on display as His “Masterpiece” for all to see His image in the way we live.
It’s like the quilt in the photo and the ODB entry. Once the author’s grandmother made one of those quilts, her love was conveyed for all to see in the uniqueness of that masterpiece. And this is what our Lord is doing with all truly born-again Christians, … fashioning us, as His “Masterpieces,” as Danny Gokey sings in the linked song, for all to see Him in our works which glorify The Master.
So, we must ask, do our works, yesterday, today, and tomorrow display His love and grace for all to see?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for making us over into Your image.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me and to be a showcase of God’s love, … as His masterpiece of works, … on display in the way we live. … Amen
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