Day 4

Scripture to Read: 2 Thessalonians 2:14

God called us to Himself because of His great love for us in the first place. God has always loved us, but for some reason, we fall into the trap of thinking we have to do something to earn His love and forgiveness. God wants us to know that His love is abundant and that He loves us eternally because of His rich mercy. God says it this way in Ephesians 2:4-5, “But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).” (Amplified Version) God does not want us to doubt His love, and it’s because of His love that He called us to Himself through His Gospel (the Good News of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection). God’s desire for us when we fully comprehend it can be wonderfully overwhelming. God the Father provided His Son to receive our punishment for all our sins so we could be set free. God the Father also wants us to share in the glory of Christ one day completely. We know, as believers, that all glory and honor belong to Christ alone, but God the Father has chosen us so we can share in Christ’s glory. There is nothing and no one more marvelous and magnificent than our God.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about His wonderful love, forgiveness and sharing in His glory? 2. Knowing what God taught you today, how will that change the way you live for Him each day?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Giving thanks to God ought to be a regular part of our day. Every person that God has brought into our life, whether we realize it or not, has helped shape us as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some of those people God has used to encourage us, and others He has used to lovingly admonish us. Then there are those people God has used to he...

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Day 2

We continue to focus on having a heart of thanks to God. God tells us in verse 13 to give thanks to Him for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Though I mentioned this yesterday, it’s worth unpacking a little more. We should be giving thanks because we and all our brothers and sisters in Christ are “beloved by our Lord.” We often forget this ...

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Day 3

Let’s take one more day to focus on 2 Thessalonians 2:13 as we examine our salvation. We know God chose us for salvation, but how is salvation even possible? God saves us from our sin through His sanctification by the power of His Holy Spirit in us because of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Sanctification is God’s action of setting ...

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Day 4

God called us to Himself because of His great love for us in the first place. God has always loved us, but for some reason, we fall into the trap of thinking we have to do something to earn His love and forgiveness. God wants us to know that His love is abundant and that He loves us eternally because of His rich mercy. God says it this way in...

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Day 5

God tells us throughout His Word to “stand firm.” As God led Paul to write to the believers in Thessalonica, God is also strongly encouraging us with the same truth that we must “stand firm.” Through Paul, God also tells us to hold tight to His Truth, which we have been taught. God and His Word are our foundation for each day of our lives, an...

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Day 6

God has given us so much. A great reminder of the precious gifts God has given us is in James 1:17-18 “ Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we woul...

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Day 7

As we finish out this week in 2 Thessalonians 2, we find God using Paul to remind us where our comfort and strength come from. Remember on Day 5 of our devotions this week that we unpacked Ephesians 6:10-17. God tells us in Ephesians 6:10 to be strong in Him and in the strength of His might. If we try to rely on our strength we will fail and ...

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