“We are never who we are without Christ..Amen..for none of us are worthy per say of Calvary or what the Lord truly did there for you and I..Amen..but somehow we think that our identity in the Lord is found in what we do..to what we don’t do..Amen..because we are saved and set apart only through the Lord..Amen..because we should never strife for Gods love or our place in Him..because it is there..always..regardless if we get approval from others..we are found in Him..and we have to stand in that..not in some boastful pride filled way..Amen..but found that we are His and He is ours..Amen..that our worth is not in us..or what we do..Amen..our identity is there in Him..Amen..so we should always know that God pursued us in life..we never pursued Him..Amen..and He called us..Amen..we didn’t call ourselves..we didn’t choose even our lives..Amen..the Lord did..Amen..so to strive and to fight daily for a place..or to feel worthy..or to feel like you aren’t good enough..or equipped enough..or whatever the case..is nothing more than from the hands of the enemy..Amen..so we have to find our place in Christ and Christ alone..we have got to know who we are and that we are loved and that we are worthy..Amen..because you see we all are equipped through the Lord..Amen..for the word says that whom the Lord calls He as well equips..Romans 8:30..Amen..so we don’t at times feel like were qualified..Amen..we don’t feel like we at times are good enough..Amen..or that we have fallen short..or messed up to much..and when we get here to that place..we have got to recognize the voice and who it is that is speaking to us..Amen!”

“Because the enemy is always wanting to take your life from you..Amen..that is his goal in life..to make yours miserable..Amen..to make you feel ashamed..unloved..always bringing up your past..your failures..your mistakes..your sin..Amen..and when you as a child of God hears this kind of voice..well, you gotta come back to the word of God..Amen..because only Gods word is true truth..Amen..and it does accomplish what it was sent forth to accomplish..the bible says it will not return void..Isaiah 55:11..Amen..so in Christ we are found..and only in Him..Amen..I had read a post from one of my friends..and it said this..Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone..yet He loves us more than anyone..Amen..and I mean wow!!..Amen..because my goodness what a Savior we serve..that even while we were sinners He died for us..chose too..Romans 5:8..Amen..but even now living in this world..and not being perfect..and missing the mark at times..even in all of that..the mess..the sin..the imperfections..He still loves us more than anyone..Amen..so today know that your identity is in Christ..and know that He loves you..and that you are worthy of all of His love..Amen..so rest in the Lord..and love Him back always..confess your sins..and move on..be the best you can..and than move on..do the best you can and move on..just do what you can..and be who you are..nothing more..nothing less..and follow hard after Jesus..follow His voice..His leading and His love..Amen..for He doesn’t bring condemnation..Praise the Lord..because therefore now there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ..Romans 8:1..Amen..so know that God only wants your heart..he is not looking for perfect..for if He were we all would truly miss that mark..Amen..because only He alone is perfect and upright in all of His ways..Deuteronomy 32:4/Psalm 18:30..so if you get nothing else from todays devotion..please get this and know that you are always loved..and that you my dear friend are always worthy..Praise the Lord..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi ❤