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Reading: Romans 8:34
“Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who
was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.”
We see condemnation through the eyes of penalty.
God sees it through the grace and redemption that Jesus paid
on the Cross.
Even in our ongoing sin Jesus continues to pray for us. He
stays with us side-by-side with His abundant mercy interceding, calling us to
accept His boundaries. He continues to stay beside us through our failures and
consequences until we are whole.
He takes our cold hearts and teaches us to lift up ourselves
and others into His prayers for each of us. Because only He can truly see what to
condemn and what to redeem.
He alone knows who we are meant to be and how we are to be
made whole.
Will we accept His compassionate authority?
“We are invited to believe until the whole gospel of Christ
is fully formed in us. The secret of a holy life is not in imitating Jesus, but
in letting the perfection of Jesus be manifested in our mortal flesh.” Oswald
Chambers
Lord, please give us the wisdom to receive Your condemnation
and intercession by Your mercy.
Psalm of Worship: Proverbs 8:33
“Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.”
