MilesPlus:  4/11/10

VERSE: If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life.     Romans 5:10

THOUGHT: Jesus didn't just die for my sins; he lives for me.  In fact, he is at God's right hand claiming me as his own (1 John 2:1-2). If he was willing to die to save me, what will
he withhold now that he lives victorious over death?

PRAYER: Holy, Righteous Father, I thank you for Jesus who's at your side and who knows my heart, struggles, and world.  I thank you for your constant care and protection through all of my difficulties and triumphs. Please make your presence known more clearly today than ever before as I try to serve you with wholehearted devotion. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen
 

MilesPlus: 4/10/10

VERSE: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.    Galatians 2:20

THOUGHT: When we were baptized into Christ, we shared in his crucifixion and we were raised up to be a new person.  Christ is alive in us. The real challenge is for us to be Christ alive in our world! Our motivation? Not to earn salvation, which has already been given us by grace, but to honor him who sacrificed all to save us.

PRAYER: Thank you God, for loving me and sending Jesus to redeem me from my sin. I commit to you today that I will live by faith in your Son who gave himself so I can spend eternity with you. I ask that by your Spirit, that Jesus will be seen in me. Through him I pray. Amen.
 

MilesPlus:  Monday, 4/5/10

VERSE: He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and he carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.  Isaiah 53:3-4

THOUGHT: Jesus was everything and became nothing for us.  Yet most of the people alive on earth with him when he came even his very own people, didn't know him or accept him even though he came to save them. The crowds just assumed he deserved what he got. Most didn't repent. But there was something about that sacrificial story that's grabbed hearts over the years and called God's lost children home. In our journey home, we find him to not only be a Savior, but a servant who lived and died for our salvation as well.

PRAYER: God Almighty, your plan to redeem me takes my breath away. Why you chose to take your precious son and expose him to such public disgrace while he was on earth I'll never comprehend. But this I do know: you love me with an everlasting love and I'll serve you with all of my strength in thanks for his great sacrifice. Thank you for your love. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, I pray. Amen.