Christ Church Daily Devotion Jan 23 2024

The Daily Devotion for January 23rd, 2024 focuses on the passage from Romans 5:1-5. It explains that through faith in Jesus Christ, believers have peace with God and access to His grace. The passage also encourages believers to find hope and glory in their sufferings, as these trials produce perseverance, character, and ultimately, hope. It emphasizes that God's love is poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. When facing difficulties, we should trust in God's perfect, dependable, and consistent love for us. The devotion ends by reminding us of the greatest demonstration of love - Jesus' death on the cross. Welcome to Christ Church's Daily Devotion for January 23rd, 2024. Today we will be reading from Romans, chapter 5, verses 1 through 5. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into the grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance. Perseverance, character. In character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. When facing painful trials, we may be tempted to doubt God's love for us, especially if we think peace and happiness are proof His love in trouble is not. In today's passage, Paul helps us see God's purpose for difficulties in the believer's life. Tribulations are meant to produce perseverance, proven character, and hope because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts. Instead of yielding to doubt, let the following truth about God's trustworthy love give you hope. His love is perfect. He always does what is best for us in order to accomplish His goal of transforming us into the image of His Son. His love is dependable. 1 John 4, 8 tells us that love is an integral part of God's nature. It would go against His character not to love His people, and He never contradicts His own being. His love is consistent. God works all events in His children's lives, even the hardest circumstances, for their good. Scripture teaches us to regard hardships as the act of a good heavenly Father who loves us, found in Hebrews 12, 6. Your personal worship option today is, if you have ever in doubt, remember that God orchestrated the greatest demonstration of love possible, His Son's death on the cross.