John 8:31-32
Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
What of Today’s Verse…
There are few things more coveted than freedom. People die for it. People pray for it. People strive for it. True freedom comes from knowing truth. Knowing truth only comes by living in obedience to Jesus. Truth is not something you merely think about or believe. Truth is something you do, you live. Jesus’ teaching always ends with the exclamation: Blessed are you who do these things! Only by doing will we ever know the truth that liberates us.
Let us Pray:
To the only true God be glory, honor, power, and praise. Father, I seek not only your presence in my daily life, but also your pleasure in the choices I make. Please teach me more of your truth as I pledge to live today in obedience to your word and your will. Through Jesus the living Word I pray. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Found
I experience absolute peace and reassurance in God’s presence.
When it seemed as though something was missing in my life, I may have made a decision that I now wish I could cancel. Perhaps I was trying to fill an emptiness within me with something outside of me, and now I know that doesn’t work.
What I had been searching for, what I had needed, what I had yearned for was with me from the very beginning. In God, I found myself. In God, I found my way.
Each day as I place my trust in God, I surrender any past or present hurt. Knowing I am always in God’s loving presence, I experience absolute peace and reassurance. I am in God, and God is in me.
Centering myself in the indwelling presence of God, I live my life as the unique expression of God that I am. I am at peace, reassured, and fulfilled.
” ‘He was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.”–Luke 15:24
