How are y'all doing?! I wish we could be having this devo in the teepee and just seeing y'alls sweet faces and listening to your input but since we can't this will just have to do:).
I bet you girls have started school or you are about to start. We miss you girls so much and we just can't wait to hear how God uses you and your hearts for him at your schools!!! I always LOVE the start of a new school year. I love finding out who my teacher's are and what friends are in my class/classes. I love buying a new folders and notebooks and pens. I love telling my parents about my first day. It is just fun! There is just something so refreshing about "new". It is fun to experience new things because it is full of surprises, but it can also be a little bit scary!
I don't know how you girls are feeling about your new school year, maybe you have a mixture of emotions, but there are a few things that Abbi and I want you to store in your heart and let sink down deep into your soul, it is these exciting truths that I cannot wait to share with you, so here you go:)...
(These are from my Pastor Stephen Davis's sermon)
Truths from Romans chapter 8
- God is FOR you!
- No matter WHAT God is for you in ALL things! He's on your team and he wants what is best for you. Romans 8:31 says "What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
- How encouraging is this? We know that God is ON OUR SIDE! We don't have to fear anyone because we are HIS children once we have accepted Him into our hearts!
- Christ DIED for you!
- This reveals the DEPTH of God's love for you (John 3:16)
- He freely gave His only Son for you!
- God has JUSTIFIED you!
- Now this is a big word, but it means that God has made you right with Him. Not because of anything you have done, but because He loves you! All you have to do is accept Him as your Savior!
- You don't have to live judging yourself on how many good things you have done versus how many times you have messed up-God has already made you CLEAN before Him! He has washed you white as snow. Although we do sin after we have accepted Christ we can never lose our relationship with Him. The sin in our life causes our relationship with Him to not be as strong, but all we have to do is confess that sin to Him and he is faithful to forgive us. Our relationship with Him is secure though, a once and for all thing! You only have to ask Him into your heart ONE time and he stays forever, you can't get rid of Him. :) Of course, why would you want to?!
- YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS ETERNALLY SECURE!
- Christ's love makes it where you can have VICTORY over sin!
- What sins do you struggle with? Because Christ died on the cross to save us from our sins and conquered sin through God raising Him from the dead, we can have victory over our sin through Christ. Think about the sins you struggle with. For me one thing is selfishness. I put myself before others instead of them before me. Another one is that I am quick to get angry with my siblings sometimes. I need to find some scripture verses to memorize to help me to fight this sin and I need to confess them to God and ask him to help me to overcome them! (OVERCOMER COMIN' OVER!) We can do this because Christ has VICTORY over SIN!
1. Have you shared Jesus with anyone since you have been home? Who? Tell us about this! If not, who would you like to share with?
2. How are your quiet times going? (Reading your Bible and praying.) Are you confused on what to read? Do you like to keep a prayer journal?
3. What verse/verses have you memorized since you have been home?
4. How can we pray for YOU specifically?:)
5. Do you have any questions?
Hope to hear back from you girls! Love you all SOOOOOO MUCH!:)
Amy
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