Manna for Your Morning

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. — John 19:30 (NAS) When Jesus gave up His spirit, on the cross, it was a complete work. He paid the debt for all our sins, past, present and future. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:4-5, NKJV). Let us walk in the freedom and victory that Jesus established for us.

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Then he received the highest position in heaven, the one next to the throne of God.  — Hebrews 12:2 (GW) Among all the celebrations and family feasts that will take place today, let us never lose focus, JESUS is who we celebrate today. Even though the enemy tried to destroy Him, He endured the cross and triumphed over the grave. We celebrate the fact that His tomb is empty and Jesus is ALIVE! He conquered death and sin.  He paid the debt for our sin and brought us back into fellowship with our Heavenly Father. Hallelujah! Be Blessed as you Celebrate Resurrection Day!

Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the Law [relating to one's fellowmen, meeting all its requirements]. Romans 13:8 (Amp) Let us have no debt except the continuing debt we have to love one another. To practice love means it is not something we do sporadically, but consistently. And as we constantly carry out acts of love, it gets easier and we get better because the intrinsic rewards are so good. First John 4:16 says,God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in him. This is the way our love is made complete.