The Week After
PASSION REVIEW #2
It has been 6 days since we “landed” back to real life after Passion Camp. The feel good’s and camp highs are long gone. Back to summer days, perhaps fighting with your siblings or parents, definite struggle with our thoughts and actions. Sometimes coming home from camp feels like you are in a race car flying down the road, feeling the exhilaration, then all of the sudden you slam into a concrete wall.
PRAYER: God, you are my God whether I am worshipping with 6000 or all alone at home. You are trustworthy. You are completely faithful. You know all about me and I can depend on You.
GRAB YOUR BIBLE: Romans 8:1-4,14-17
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Sometime we think, “I don’t know if I am good enough.” Louie mentioned that last week.
But in this great chapter, Romans 8 ( you should go back and read the whole chapter a couple times today) you see some great things that God speaks to us about.
- If you believe IN Christ, you are IN Christ. And there is no one to condemn you. You sin has been traded for right standing before God. That’s what Jesus did for you. So there is no one condemning you, even for the sin you committed last night!!!
- You are a completely love child of the King. You are a daughter or son of a perfect father who is crazy in love with you. CRAZY, CRAZY IN LOVE WITH YOU.
Louie told us that more was said about you and your worth ON THE CROSS than any time in your life! God defined Your worth when He created you and sent His son to die for you. That is how valuable you are to God.
PRAYER: God, thank you that if I am IN Christ, you do not condemn me. You have set me free from sin and death. And now I am Your child, a child of the King. I love you. I love you. Help me to worship you BIG today even though I am no longer surrounded by 6100 others. You hear my worship just the same.