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Romans 8

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Tuesday 20th December 2016

Today’s exhortation – declarations

“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so…” (Psalms‬ ‭107:2‬). Let them say, “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—” (II Corinthians‬ ‭4:8-9‬). “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Romans‬ ‭8:37‬). “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans‬ ‭8:31‬). For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. (Hebrews‬ ‭13:5‬). Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth…

For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the LORD, who has mercy on you. All your children shall be taught by the LORD, And great shall be the peace of your children. In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.” (Isaiah‬ ‭54:4, 10, 13-14‬). “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” (‭Psalms‬ ‭118:6‬). “I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD.” (Psalms‬ ‭118:17‬). The LORD will perfect that which concerns me…” (Psalms 138:8). Amen!!!

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Thursday 3rd November 2016

Today’s exhortation – perfect love

The bible says,“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” (‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:1‬) “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.” (Colossians‬ ‭2:13-14‬). Hallelujah! “Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.””‭‭ (Romans‬ ‭4:8‬). When Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, the bible says, they were terrified. I believe they were terrified because they felt condemned, they thought he would exact revenge, but instead they found forgiveness and they found love.

He told them to draw near to him quickly and then he embraced them and wept over them. Then he told them not to be afraid, because what they meant for evil, God intended for good. They felt the warmth of his embrace and his tears washed away their fears. What a magnificent picture of the love of Christ to us ward! When we repent and confess our sins, He’s faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Here the brothers found, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment…” (1 John‬ ‭4:18‬). No sin is too much for Christ to forgive and no hurt too deep for Him to heal. Amen

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Tuesday 25th October 2016

Today’s exhortation – all means all

With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that God even uses our mistakes and works them out for our good. Joseph’s brothers made a mistake for what they did to him by selling him as a slave and we see that they later regretted it. In fact they put every misfortune in their lives down to what they did. But, God used that too and worked it out for their good. He used their guilty conscience to bring them to repentance and also used Joseph to save them in the end. What they intended for evil God used it for good. The mistake they thought they had buried in Egypt became their saviour and provider in their time of need.

That’s the mind boggling mercy of God! We will all make mistakes in life or have made them already but let’s go easy on ourselves because what happened to them clearly demonstrates that even our mistakes work together for our good. “ALL things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” (‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:28‬). All means all! We see that even though they suffered for it, in the end it worked out for their good. Similarly even if we suffer for our mistakes, in the end, they too will work out for our good. This is amazing grace. Amen

Francis Hans-Jorie