Freedom

As believers, we are free from the grip of satan. Jesus paid the price for us and defeated satan once and for all. Our sins have been washed away in the blood of Jesus. Satan needs only to be resisted to be overcome. Our freedom is to be used obeying Holy Spirit and serving one another in love. ~ DickEvans.org

Obligations

As believers, Christ has set us free; we are no longer obligated to the law for our salvation. No longer are our works requirements to becoming right with God. In Christ, we are already right with Him. Yet the enemy likes to keep us focused on the past and reminds us of the obligations we had before Christ. ~ DickEvans.org

Believe

The prize is salvation; eternity with our God. Paul tells us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. But God doesn’t work miracles as a reward for completing a task. Miracles happen to all who believe and to anyone else He wishes to touch. ~ DickEvans.org

Strangers

We have no idea how many times have missed an opportunity by how we have reacted to strangers.They may have been drawn to us because of the light of Jesus in us and were ready to hear the Good News. They may have needed a kind word at that very moment to keep them from doing something very wrong. Let’s open our eyes and take time to reach out to a stranger today. ~ DickEvans.org

In Jesus Name

1 Corinthians 8:6 NIV 
There is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

We all are familiar with the Lord's Prayer. The disciples asked Jesus how to pray and He gave them an example. We pray to the Father beginning by exalting Him and then thanking Him and then asking Him for what we desire. Although it can be repeated as a rout prayer, I do not believe this was Jesus intention.

And Jesus gave them this prayer while they were still under the law; under the old covenant. So part of the prayer asks the Father for forgiveness. Under the new covenant born again believers are covered by the grace of God. Jesus took all our sins forevermore at the cross. Our debt is paid in full.

So instead of asking for forgiveness in our prayers perhaps we should be thanking Him for having already forgiven us and asking Him to show us how to forgive others as He forgave us.

I pray to the Father in the name of Jesus. After all, Jesus told us that whatever we asked for that was in the will of the Father would be granted when we used His name, the name of Jesus.

He knows our heart, but I believe praying to Jesus in your name is not what Jesus told the disciples. I pray always in the name of Jesus. Yes, Jesus is part of the Godhead. Yes, we serve a triune God. They are one and they are separate.

The Father sees us through the eyes of His Son, Jesus. And He sees us as perfect in Christ. The word tells us that we abide in Jesus and He in us. When we were born again we were given the Holy Spirit, the spirit of Christ, to live in us. Not the Trinity. Our spirit is one with Holy Spirit and through that union we become filled.

I give thanks to our Father God for all He has done for us. Thank you, Lord Jesus that you saved us. That we are born again. That you had the Father send the Holy Spirit to live in us. To comfort us. To teach us all things. To guide us in our daily walk.

We Belong

As believers, we belong to Christ just as much as that new believer and just as much as that old timer that seems to have known Christ for decades. He who is in us is the same as is in them. What we know is that He is in us. ~ DickEvans.org

Circumstances

With all that is going on in and around our lives, it is easy to understand how we can let circumstances control our lives. It is easy to look at the problems and not to the promises. We need to fight through the circumstances knowing God is with us, not be caught up in them. We look forward to what we have not seen; we look forward to eternity with Him. ~ DickEvans.org