Without Blame

"According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" (Ephesians 1:4)

The Holy Trinity worked together for your salvation. God the Father thought it, God the Spirit wrought it, and God the Son bought it. Christians are God's special chosen ones.

Are you a believer? Then, you are a wanted child. Your salvation didn't just happen. Ephesians 1:4 tells you that God chose you before the foundation of the world. Before He swung the stars in space, before He planted the seeds, before He built the mountains, before all of that, you were in the heart and mind of God. How special you are to God!

God the Father sent His Spirit into the world to select and sanctify His children for His holy purpose. We are utterly dependent upon the Spirit for our salvation. And we seek Him because He first sought us!

Read Psalm 33. Praise God for calling you! Praise God for choosing you! 

~Adrian Rogers~
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"But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for Himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto Him" (Psalm 4:3)

If ever there were a reason for you and I to pray,it would be that Jesus told us to pray (see Luke 18:1). Yet, you may wonder why you need to talk to God about your needs since, "your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him" (Matthew 6:8).

Prayer is communion with God. It is part of God's grand scheme that we have been given the privilege to cooperate with God in prayer. Ephesians 6:18 tells us to pray "in the Spirit".

Any prayer that the Holy Spirit lays upon your heart will be answered, because the prayer that gets to heaven is the prayer that starts in heaven. We just close the circuit.

What are you talking to God about these days? Are you asking Him for something? Or are you just thankful for the privilege of communion with Him? Spend time in prayer today - not asking Him for anything - but simply praising Him and thanking Him for allowing you to have a relationship with Him.

~Adrian Rogers~