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Thankful, Peaceful, and Joyful… All Because of the Gospel

I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Rom. 1:16 (ESV)

When I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 1 Cor. 9:16 (NIV)

The gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. Col. 1:6 (NIV)

Dear heavenly Father, I woke up today incredibly thankful, peaceful, and joyful for the gospel. That’s the way I’d love to begin every day.

I bless you for the privilege of hearing the gospel, believing the gospel, and sharing the gospel. For the gospel meets our deepest need and fulfills our oldest longings. And it’s all of grace—from beginning to end. We contribute nothing but our sin, brokenness, and thirst. Jesus has done for us what we could never do for ourselves. He has fulfilled every demand of the Law and has exhausted the judgment we deserve. Hallelujah, many times over!

May I never be able to speak about these things without my knees buckling, my heart dancing, and my worship igniting. The truth of the gospel is “more precious than gold, than much pure gold; (it is) sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.”

Father, I’m especially grateful for the power of the gospel today. Not only has the power of the gospel raised me from the dead, it’s also continuing to remove deadness from my heart. Indeed, Abba, since it’s for freedom that you have set me free in Christ, I want to be free in every way. I want to be freer to overlook offenses and forgive trespasses; quicker to bless and slower to judge; more generous with listening and more stingy with complaining; faster in my repentance and slower in my excuse making.

Father, I want to live the rest of my days as humble and gentle, passionate and generous, and as focused and free as the gospel will make me. I hoist the sails of my heart to the breath of your Spirit. Take me and make of me what you would, Father. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ exalted and loving name.

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