by Megan | Mar 10, 2024 | SLP+
You and I are made righteous. In Christ, we have been given a free gift of righteousness. Praise the Lord, God sees us blameless because Jesus took on our sin and shame. We are made white as snow. We don’t see that all the time or live it out but our identity that...
by Megan | Mar 9, 2024 | SLP+
Just a reassuring reminder here. As a Christian, you have peace with God, you’re standing in grace, you have hope, you are reconciled with God. What a beautiful set of truths Paul mentions here (amongst other POWERFUL verses). You are a friend of God.
by Megan | Mar 8, 2024 | SLP+
“No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.” It’s so fascinating to me that this is what was said of Abraham’s faith regarding...
by Megan | Mar 7, 2024 | SLP+
Our works don’t justify us or get us in better standing because they’re a baseline. We see in verse four they’re “not counted as a gift but as his due.” And we can’t possibly attain that. So just like today, as it was back then, belief is what is counted to us as...
by Megan | Mar 6, 2024 | SLP+
As Christians by grace and faith, we are still called to obey. Something beautiful is that in Christ even though we do sin and fall and disobey, God is faithful to us still. But we are called to live a life of obedience to God. We are called to walk in the light. This...
by Megan | Mar 5, 2024 | SLP+
We can’t earn our right standing with God. Even as a Christian, this mentality used to slip into my mind allll the time. I felt like if I needed to do enough things or be good enough to earn God’s favor, to be right with Him. And I knew that it wasn’t based on my...