Today's Word of Blessing

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!    (2 Corinthians 5:17)

  Dearly beloved, when you receive the redemption of Lord Jesus Christ, you will have a new life.

Sadhu Sunder Singh, a great man of God, went to a city in Sri Lanka. There, a family brought their son to him and saying: “Sir! Our son suffers from T.B. Please lay your hands upon him and pray for him. If you place your hands and pray, surely the Lord will show compassion. Immediately our son will be healed.” “Madam! You ask me to lay my hands upon him and pray. Many years ago, the same hands tore the Scriptures. They are cursed ones.”

Yes! We are tormented by the sins committed by our hands and sins within our hearts. The feeling of guilt destroys our peace. Many young people shed tears saying: “Brother! I pass through bitter suffering on account of my sins and iniquities. I do not sleep, sin haunts me. I languish with no peace of mind.”

In order to help us in such a situation, Lord Jesus gave His body to be broken. Carrying His own Cross, He went out to Golgotha (John 19:17). He carried the Cross because He felt that He should bear the burden of the sins of all His children (Colossians 2:14). His hands and feet were nailed for the remission of the sins committed by our hands and feet (John 20:27).

The Scripture states, “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:24).

When we repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness, the Lord shall cleanse us with His blood. He shall transform our lives. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). He shall fill us with joy and enable us to lead peaceful lives in Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer:

Loving Lord Jesus,

You sacrificed your life on the Cross for my redemption. You bore all the sufferings to give me a new life. I repent of my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Cleanse me with your blood. Transform me into a new creation. Fill me with joy and enable me to lead a peaceful life.

In Your matchless name I pray.

Amen.