Cgeneration devotional

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.” ‭‭ ‘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.

Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ says “For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.” The world is waiting in anticipation and excitement for you to manifest as a child of God. So what are you waiting for??

2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.”

John‬ ‭11‬:‭41‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “…Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me.” Even though Jesus knew that he was the son of God, he never felt entitled or took anything that his Heavenly Father did for him for granted. He was always filled with gratitude to God in every situation, no matter how difficult or challenging.

‭If you study God’s relationship with different people from the Old Testament to the New Testament, you’ll notice that one of God’s love languages is ‘quality time’. Jesus clearly understood this and throughout his life, he was very deliberate about spending quality time alone with his Heavenly Father.

With Jesus and God, there were no surprises because they communicated with each other about everything. Everything Jesus said, God told him to say, and everything Jesus did was what he saw his Father doing (John 5:19). No wonder Jesus prayed and spoke with so much authority!

Hebrews‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ NLT‬‬ “Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.

Children are expected to reverence and honour their fathers and God expects us to reverence Him if we are truly His children. Jesus clearly understood the value of reverencing God because he completely reverenced and honoured God the Father all through his life.

It’s one thing to have a good, loving Heavenly Father but it’s another thing to be a good son to the father. Jesus came, not only to reveal the father to us, but also to show us an example of how to relate with our Heavenly Father and be good sons and daughters to Him.

Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ says “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

The desire of our Heavenly Father is to have an intimate personal relationship with us His children. Being born again means being reconciled back into a relationship with God. So it’s all about the quality of our relationship with God.

Psalm‬ ‭105‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭GNT‬‬ “But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings: “Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets.””

Psalms‬ ‭103‬:‭8‬-‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins...

1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!.”

John‬ ‭5‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”

1 John‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.”

Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.”

Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭31‬-‭33‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ““So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” ‭‭

Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ...” Because we don’t understand who we are as God’s children and God’s heirs, we come to God as orphans, beggars or slaves!