“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16:11
In His Word, the LORD shows us the way of salvation through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 3:15). And, those who trust in Christ will share in the everlasting joys of heaven, being in the presence of the LORD and in perfect communion with Him.
Thank You, O God, for graciously revealing to me the way of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and His cross and for granting me the eternal joys of heaven! Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
If we turn away from Christ Jesus and fall back into our old sinful ways, the end result is death, both spiritual and eternal. But if we, by the gracious working of God through His Word, continue in sincere repentance, trusting in Christ Jesus and His cross for mercy and forgiveness, God’s gift to us is eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Grant to me a penitent heart, O God, and true faith in Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice on the cross for the sins of the world that I may obtain Your pardon and partake of the eternal joys of heaven. In Christ’s name, I pray. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
“What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:15-16
Are we free to sin because we are saved by grace? The answer of God’s Word is an emphatic “No!” If we yield ourselves to sin, we become enslaved in sin, leading to eternal death. If we continue in true repentance and faith, we are counted righteous in Christ Jesus and will seek to turn away from sin and live for Him.
Dear Father in heaven, forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6
This ancient prophecy, given through the prophet Isaiah, teaches that every one of us, like a wayward sheep, has turned aside from the way of the LORD and gone his own way. We have all sinned against our Creator and are guilty before God. But the LORD has laid the guilt and punishment for the sins of all upon Jesus Christ, God’s own dear Son. Jesus atoned for the sins of all when He suffered and died on the cross so that we might look to Him in faith, be forgiven, and have life everlasting!
I have sinned, O LORD. I have turned aside from Your holy commandments and walked in my own sinful ways. Pardon my sin and forgive my iniquity for the sake of the holy and precious blood of the Son, Christ Jesus, and His atoning sacrifice on the cross in my stead. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Romans 6:12-13
Since we who believe and have been baptized are joined to Christ in His death — in full payment for our sins — and in His resurrection — that we might be alive to God — we are urged to present our bodies to God as being alive from the dead rather than to our old sinful passions which lead back into death.
Grant that I live for You, O God, as one joined to Christ in baptism, dead to sin but alive to You through faith in Christ Jesus. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
