Thursday, January 26 - Ephesians 2:1-5
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
- praise God for His sovereign, regenerating work in your life that brought you from spiritual death to spiritual life
- praise Him for His deliverance of you from the kingdom of Satan, that leads to ruin and one day eternal destruction
- ask God to grant you a grasp on how vile was your sin and desperate your need for His redeeming work
- thank Him again for His love and mercy and grace alone by which you stand
- thank God for abundant life now and the sure hope of eternal life to come
- ask God to give you greater understanding that your life is bound up in Christ
- thank God that you are no longer a child of wrath but a child of life and hope
