~ Results of Our Heart Drawing Nearer
to God ~
The Love of God Fills Our Heart
~ “Therefore,
having been justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by
faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God. And not only that, but we also
glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy
Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:1-5).
Christ Himself Indwelling in Our Heart
~ “For
this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom
the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His
Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in
love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and
length and depth and height —to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge;
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians
3:14-19).
The Peace of God Ruling Our Heart
~ “Therefore,
as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness,
humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one
another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you,
so you also must do. But above all these
things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the
peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one
body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the
Lord, And whatever you do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father
through Him” (Colossians 3:12-17).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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