Daily Devotional: March 24, 2008

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Bought with a price


(1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's


When Jesus shed His blood to redeem you from the bondage of sin, you became His possession. He bought you over by His blood. He now literally owns you. You belong to Him - spirit, soul, and body.

It should not be considered a strange thing for you to live according to His will. As a member of the family of God, you are now expected to please your new Lord and Master.

God ought to have an absolute control over your life, because it was the blood of His son that set you free. However, you must realize that it is not in the nature of God to impose His will on you. Make up your mind that you will glorify God in your spirit, soul and body.

It all begins with a decision. Stop living to fulfill your desire. It is high time you justified the price Jesus paid for your soul. It pays rich dividends to live for His will and purpose. Always remember to honor God because He purchased you with His precious blood.


DAILY SCRIPTURE READING: I Corinthians 6:1-20.




MY DAILY CONFESSION

Jesus has paid the price for my total freedom in life. I have been bought with a price. Therefore, I glorify God in my body and spirit, which are God's. For sin, I have received righteousness. For sickness, I have health. And for poverty, I have abundance.

Jesus knew no sin but He became sin that I might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Jesus Himself bore my griefs, sicknesses, weaknesses and distress, and carried my sorrows and pains; He was wounded for my transgressions, bruised for my iniquities, the chastening for my peace and well-being fell upon Him and with His stripes I am healed.

I know the grace of my Lord Jesus Christ. Though He was very rich, yet, He became very poor in order that I can be made rich through His poverty. I shall not frustrate the grace of God because I am walking in the fullness of my redemptive rights.

I stand fast in the liberty I have received as a child of God. I will not be entangled any longer in the yoke of slavery. I am totally free from every oppression of the evil one.

I boldly declare according to Galatians 3:13 that Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. I am completely free from the curse of sin, sickness and poverty.