WHATEVER LIFE THROWS AT YOU: REMEMBER,YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!
BREAK OUT OF AVERAGE... STEP INTO GREATNESS.... BECAUSE YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST JESUS, THE OLD IS GONE.... THE NEW HAS COME!!! CHRIST IN YOU IS REALLY GREAT!!! YOU NOW HAVE THE DNA OF THE MOST HIGH GOD... GREATNESS IS
IN YOUR GENES.... LIVE WITH THE ATTITUDE OF A WINNER AND BOLDLY ENFORCE YOUR BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED YOU WITH IN JESUS (Ephes1:3).
Have a FANTASTIC DAY WITH CHRIST IN YOU YOUR CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF
GLORY.......

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL;

REPENTANCE AND REBIRTH

Wednesday, June 18th - Pastor Anita.

...The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved (Romans10:8-9).

I’ve heard people say to sinners who want to give their hearts to Christ, “Confess all your sins, and pray to God
to forgive you, and then you’ll be saved.” That’s not scriptural. Most people say this, using 1 John 1:9 as a
basis. That verse doesn’t address the non-Christian, but the Christian. It says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
The Christian is the very offspring of God. He has the life and nature of God; therefore, he always has the
tendency to do right. That’s the reason as a Christian, you’re pricked in your heart whenever you do something
wrong. It’s at that point that the Word says to repent and confess your sins.
To repent is to change your mind, change your way of thinking, and turn-around from the wrong way. Only the Christian has the power to do that.
The natural man (the man who’s not born again), no matter how morally upright or “religious” he may be, is still
a sinner. Therefore, what he needs is a rebirth; not repentance or a “turnaround” from the wrong way of life; he needs a new life altogether. A
sinner isn’t someone who has
committed a sin, for sin is not just an act; it’s a nature! Everyone born into this world is born with that sin nature.
However, the sin nature is completely supplanted by the life and nature of God when you’re born again. The true
altar call to the sinner isn’t to
forgiveness, but to a new life. It’s pointless to tell the sinner to confess his sins in order to be saved; he’ll never be saved that way. What he needs is to confess the Lordship of Jesus; that’s the confession that saves: “…if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be
saved” (Romans 10:9). That
pronouncement immediately severs him from damnation. Jesus then becomes the Lord of his life and reigns in him. That way, he can be sure of a
great life with Christ, both now and all eternity.

PRAYER:
Dear Father, I thank you for your great love, which you demonstrated by sending Jesus Christ to die for me, and
impart eternal life to my spirit. I’ve received grace to reign, and wisdom to live triumphantly every day, for your glory, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
John 1:12-13
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 10:8-10 AMP
8 But what does it say? The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is,
the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach, 9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved.
10 For with the heart a person
believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses
(declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Acts 7:54-8:1-8
2 Chronicles 31-32
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Isaiah 4
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