Daily Devotional

ON YOUR WAY HOME WITH REJOICING

October 8

y Child, I am delighted at this moment! I have looked ahead to the last day of your life and I have seen you crossing over the River of Life. You have proven faithful to me and to love me above the world and all its offerings. Your Father sees the eternal forever, past present, and all times. I encourage you now at this point in your journey to refuse to bow down to ungodly passions. Destroy your excuses for your fleshly weaknesses and sins and believe me when I say to you, “I will come to you and sprinkle you with clean water . . . and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness.” (Ezekiel 36:25) Trust me that day by day I will cause myself to become more and more endeared to you. You will treasure your relationship with me and the sweetness of my love greatly as the weeks, months and years roll by. You will learn to hate what I hate and love what I love! You see a drastic change in your life. Whereas you have struggled with sin and uncleanness in the past, you will find that you are strengthened in your purity of heart and body more and more. As you see and experience my faithfulness, mercy and forgiving love, you will be astounded that I should embrace one such as yourself and I will gladly cleanse and restore you to myself. Be encouraged! I am your Shepherd. I watch over you to “lead you in paths of righteousness for my name’s sake.” (Psalm 23:3) If you will but ask me, I will create ways in which you will make godly choices in your daily walk which will strengthen you in holiness of life and heart. Remember, “Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord; He that hath clean hands and a pure heart.” (Psalm 24:4) You cannot by human effort make yourself holy and pure. Admit to your weaknesses and cast yourself upon the mercy of the cross, and I will cause its shadow to fall over you and its precious blood to run down over you and cover you. You will be surely cleansed and blessed by that blood. Do you believe these things? Then stake your claim to them. Read and reread this message from me to you, child. Step into the light of these promises and commands and you will live and have life more abundantly.

Prayer

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Father, I know that in and of myself I cannot walk in a holy manner. But, “with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) I call upon the great name of the Lord Jesus and upon the application of His precious blood to cover me. Make up the great difference between my weakness and your marvelous success in my life and walk of faith before you. Thank you that you have prepared for me and my loved ones a place in heaven with you. I will bow before you and allow your Holy Spirit to direct me so that my life will grow to become less and less of me and more and more of you, in the name of Jesus, amen!