Bible Verse of The Day – 6-2-20

John 15:12 (NKJV) 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Where did we ever get the idea that we can just do the things we want, when we want and how we want? That idea comes from our flesh and its desires.

As I ponder on my life and the things that have brought me hardship, I realize it was mostly when I did just that; lived by my flesh. How about you?

The way we do things should change when we become a believer. When we begin to put Christ before our own wants and needs, our motives will change. And as we continue to grow, we are more determined to do the things God wants us to do.

You say, “I don’t know what God wants for me yet. I haven’t figured it out. I’m waiting for a sign or answer of some type from Him”.

Well, today, my friend, is your day for your answer to come alive and for a seed to be planted in you.

Are you ready to know what God wants for us all? We are going to take a look at what He says in His word.

Galatians 5:13 (NKJV) 13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

What is our call? To walk in such liberty. The word liberty means to be in a state of being free; Free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views. Freedom is the power or scope to act as one pleases.

In the scriptures, God’s freedom and liberty for our lives is to owe no man anything, but to love.

Romans 13:8 (NKJV) 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Do not be in debt to anything or anyone. Not only did Jesus set us free from our sin and give us eternal life, His salvation, but He has given us liberty here on earth to walk and to choose to serve one another. What brings such freedom? Choosing servant-hood with love.

We have been called to walk in total freedom, to never return to bondage again. Liberty in Christ is being set free from our flesh and serving Him, through following His example in demonstrating such a love for one another.

Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Stand fast and stay free, by serving God first and foremost with everything we have, and walk in the liberty of Christ, by which we have been called to love one another. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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