Are you experiencing victorious living?
Is your life filled with
purpose, love, joy, and peace?
Do you have hope for your future?
Forgiveness for your past?
Strength for your tomorrow?
Right now you might be thinking, “Are you kidding me? Joy, peace, purpose? Worth,
strength, forgiveness? I’ll never have those things! Look at where I am! Look at what I’ve been
through. Look at what I’ve done. Look at what has been done to me.”
Friend, right now, no matter what your past or present,
all of these things can be yours. You can have peace that passes
all understanding, joy in the midst of hardship, love and acceptance despite your failures,
forgiveness, and a fresh start. Your life can have purpose.
It doesn’t matter if you are sitting in a mansion or in a jail cell or somewhere in between,
a victorious life can be yours TodaY!
How? Through a relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ.
If you do not currently have a relationship with God, begin one right now. Romans 10:8–10
nkjv explains how: “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart…that if you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him
from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
As you accept what Christ has done for you and put your faith in Him
alone for salvation, you are then free to have a relationship with God and
experience His peace, power, presence, and love. You don’t have to do anything to earn God’s
love and forgiveness. It’s yours for the asking!
After you’ve received this free gift of salvation, guess what? You are then able to step into
the life of victory Christ died to give you—an abundant life of peace, joy, worth, love, and
purpose. As you grow in your relationship with Him through studying and applying the Word
of God and by trusting Him, these things are released in your daily life.
Will you pray with me right now and receive
all that God intends for you?
Dear Lord,
I confess that I am a sinner in need of salvation. I thank You for sending Your Son,
Jesus, to save me from my sins. Thank You that He laid down His life for me so that
I could have a new life in Him. I receive, by faith, this forgiveness of sin. I now give
my life, my past, and my future to You. Guide my steps and speak to my heart, Lord.
Amen
FROM THE FATHER’S HEART
So Much More
by Jennifer Camp
“I WILL BE FOUND BY YOU,” SAYS THE
LORD. “I WILL END YOUR CAPTIVITY
AND RESTORE YOUR FORTUNES. I
WILL GATHER YOU OUT OF
THE NATIONS WHERE I SENT YOU
AND WILL BRING YOU HOME
AGAIN TO YOUR OWN LAND.”
JEREMIAH 29:14
I know in your head, you want words and memories
to make sense. You want things to line up, and it’s tough
to not have answers, to not be able to explain the reason
behind this happening, the cause of this event.
What if you knew more than you did? What if you
could give an answer to the whys of your heart? What
if you didn’t have to struggle with weakness, with
inadequacy, on your own? Can you imagine where that
would lead you?
Do you trust how I protect your heart?
I protect you; I push you forward. I lead you, but it is
your choice to follow.
I give you vision—just enough to see where I am and
know where I go, with you. One foot in front of the other.
Why do you need to know more? Do you? Do you
need to know more to believe Me more? What more do
you need to see to know I am here, whispering to you,
loving you, guiding you?
My child, you are not alone.
You have what it takes, My creation, My dear one, to
follow Me. You are the only one of you I’ve made. There
is just one. Only one, My dear. You are My crafted jewel,
My sparkling flower, My glistening water as it falls from
heaven.
You delight Me, child.
Please don’t look away; don’t believe this is too
good to be true. (Although you do feel that way to Me,
you know…too good to be true.) You are radiant and
captivating. You need only stand with Me, watching
where I beckon you, knowing I am the sure place for
your legs to stand.
So rest now. And then rise up. When you choose to
believe these words are true—this declaration of My love
for you—you’ll be on your way to a deeper place I have
for you. I have so much more for you, child.
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