Justified

Hey All!

And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, "This is the covenant that I will make with them, after those days, declares the Lord; I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. HEBREWS 1:15-18

The past couple weeks I've been reading through Hebrews, and this week I've really been sitting on what it means to be justified by God. A good definition I heard back at home was "Just-as-if-I-never-sinned". This way to think of justified was so profound for me because, I had never really understood the meaning before that. HEBREWS 9:26 also says, "...he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." The thought that someone could love us enough to not only die on a cross for our sins, but also to forget them! As I've meditated on this thought, I've realized that our world has no examples of such love. No wonder why I don't understand Gods love! Nothing of this world can even hit the surface of God's goodness and love.

But He's called us to be His body. To be Christ-like, to show that love that our world is missing. If we all got together as a unified body in Christ just imagine what God could do?! Just imagine the love of Christ the world would start to see."from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." EPHESIANS 6:16

We first need to understand the fact that our sins are forgiven, He has swept them clean! We are no longer bogged down, we no longer have to live in them, by the shedding of His blood our hearts are purified! Just sit on that, meditate on that. It's pretty awesome if you think about it. Nothing I could have done would have changed His mind. He loves us that much.


PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Prayer that God will provide for all the students Outreach funds. Trusting in Him.
- Praying about direction for my summer/up coming year, God's put some certain things on my heart. Prayer for direction and discernment.
- I'm having a hard time finding quiet time through out the week, feeling way too busy and I just can't find a Sabbath time. Prayer that I'll find that during my weeks.


Love Brenna.