Cgeneration devotional

1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“In the same way that nursing infants cry for milk, you must intensely crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s Word. For this “milk” will cause you to grow into maturity, fully nourished and strong for life”

You want spiritual growth? What are you going to do about it? What is it going to cost you? Luke‬ ‭14‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭MSG‬‬ says

““Is there anyone here who, planning to build a new house, doesn’t first sit down and figure the cost so you’ll know if you can complete it? If you only get the foundation laid and then run out of money, you’re going to look pretty foolish. Everyone passing by will poke fun at you: ‘He started something he couldn’t finish.’”

God wants us to go into deeper things from His word so that we can grow and become more mature in our knowledge of Him and in our lives as Christians. So let’s make up our minds to grow spiritually and leave childishness behind!

God our Heavenly Father loves us so much and has invested heavily in you and I, just to ensure that we don’t perish but that we have eternal life through the gift of Jesus Christ. This is definitely a great reason to celebrate Christmas!

If God were to judge us appropriately for our sin, the whole of humanity should have perished and we should all have been completely destroyed. But thank God for Jesus Christ who offered himself as a ransom and came to this world to die in our place.

1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Jesus came to free us from the bondage of sin but sin is not the only work of the devil that Jesus came to destroy.

1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT

“And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.”

Through the coming of Jesus Christ we’re set free from sin. When we accept Jesus, we are no longer slaves to sin, sin no longer controls us and we can choose not to sin through the help of the Holy Spirit.

One of the names of Jesus as prophesied by Isaiah in Isaiah 9:6 is ‘Prince of Peace’ because Jesus has come to make peace between humanity and God and to restore our broken fellowship and relationship with Him.

Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭2‬, 6 NKJV‬‬

“The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.”

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‘for unto us a child is born and unto us a son is given’

If you’re celebrating Christmas don’t get carried away by the decorations, shopping and festivities. What are you celebrating and why are you celebrating?

The birth of Jesus is the fulfilment of the prophecies in God’s Word.