Jesus Gave Himself for Our Sins
In Galatians 1:4, the Bible says Jesus gave Himself for our sins so that He might deliver us from this present evil age according to the will of God. That means a lot. Find out more in this devotional.
Make Every Effort to Live in Peace with Everyone
To make every effort to live in peace with everyone is not just a biblical commandment; it is a way of bringing people together. Peace is, therefore, not merely the absence of conflict but an active choice you must make daily. It requires conscious effort, grace, and a willingness to forgive others without recording wrongs.
Get Rid of All Bitterness
To get rid of bitterness, you must expunge holding on to offences in your heart. That means you ought to forgive people as quickly as possible whenever they offend you. If you don’t do it, you’ll give the devil the chance to make you meditate on your pain instead of God’s forgiveness.
How to Keep Your Spiritual Fervour as You Serve God
Every servant of God needs divine fire to do what God has anointed him to do. That fire is called “spiritual fervour”. Want to learn how to keep your spiritual fervour as you serve God? Here are three proven scriptural ways of doing it.
Forgive Those Who Offend You
There is no need to live according to men’s expectations. But when you focus on living a godly life, your life will testify that Jesus transforms lives. Let the light of Christ in you shine so brightly that onlookers will find no fault in your life and give glory to God.
Do Not Resist an Evil Person
God’s love has no loopholes. So don’t demonstrate it to some sect of people and leave others. Let me tell you something. Many people tagged as evil are hurting people who just need help. Love God and love people too.
How to Remain Strengthened as You Serve God
By prioritising your spiritual fervour, prayer, consistent fasting, and forgiveness, you can maintain the strength and joy needed to serve God faithfully.
Don’t Judge People Too Quickly
There is no smoke without fire. That implies there is a reason behind any happening in life. Things don’t just happen. So instead of joining others to say bad things about others, wait for patience to calm quarrels.
Clear Your Old Path
Are you beating yourself up because of the bad things you’ve done this year or so far? I want you to brace yourself up, accept Jesus (if you’re not born again) or rededicate your life to God so that He will clear your old path.
Commit to Loving the Brethren
Commit to loving the brethren despite what some of them do against you. And know that you came to Christ by faith. So don’t let that faith stand in how people treat you.
Love Does Not Keep Record of Wrongs
The Bible says clearly in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that love keeps no record of wrongs. When you read the New King James Version of that part of the scripture, it uses “think no evil” in place of “keeps no record of wrongs.” What does that mean? It implies that when you keep remembering the offences your offenders do to you, the spirit of vengeance will keep bombarding your mind with evil things to do to pay back evil to your offenders. Think about that for a moment!
Be Merciful to Others
Whether you like it or not, someone will always do something against you, both in your presence or absence, even if you’ve done nothing wrong. When such people are caught, first be merciful to them before you give out the right punishment to them (if you have the authority) to make them desist from such acts.