'I’m writing this letter to all the devoted believers who have been made holy by being one with Jesus, the Anointed One. May God himself, the heavenly Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, release grace over you and impart total well-being into your lives. Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts! And in love he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.'
What a beautiful prayer of blessing and a reminder that because of the price that Jesus paid, the victory that He won and our free will choice to believe in Him and submit our lives to Him, we are viewed by God as holy and completely covered by the righteousness of Christ. We don’t need to live bogged down in regret, in shame or in fear. We should be living in absolute ecstatic joy and boldness, because we have been made right with God and are now free to live unburdened by the weight of sin and regret. We are free to live in bold, confident pursuit of the calling He has placed inside of us. So let me encourage you and charge you -- purpose to live in joy, gratitude and thanksgiving today.
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