September 11 Devotion - Children of God

 

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

أَمَّا الَّذِينَ قَبِلُوهُ، أَيِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاسْمِهِ، فَقَدْ مَنَحَهُمُ الْحَقَّ فِي أَنْ يَصِيرُوا أَوْلاَدَ اللهِ،

John 1:12 

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

تَأَمَّلُوا مَا أَعْظَمَ الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِهَا الآبُ حَتَّى صِرْنَا نُدْعَى «أَوْلاَدَ اللهِ»، وَنَحْنُ أَوْلاَدُهُ حَقّاً. وَلَكِنْ، بِمَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْعَالَمِ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، فَهُمْ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَنَا.

1 John 3

All human beings are by nature heirs of sin, and guilt, and the curse of God; all by practice are children of corruption, disobedience, and ingratitude. All are offered a transformation by the grace of God. This transformation is made possible by the atoning and redeeming blood of Christ and our acceptance through faith that Jesus died on our behalf, was resurrected from the dead, and by our declaration by mouth and actions that Jesus is our Lord and Saviour. When we accept Jesus as our Saviour and follow His commandments God allows us to call Him Father, and treat us as His children.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You that You love me so much that You have given Your only begotten Son Jesus to die for my sins so that I can become a child of God. I receive You Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour and believe in Your name. As a child of God, I will walk by faith, and live by hope. Help me God to see my transformed self as You see me; a unique, irreplaceable, and beloved creation with a divine and eternal plan and purpose. I hold my head up and face the world with the knowledge that I am a child of God, and my Father is the King of the universe. Thank You Father God for Your unfailing, inseparable, deep, and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. I praise You and glorify You. I pray that every person will believe in Your name Jesus and become a child of God. In Jesus’ name I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all time and now and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein