Dieu est là

Célébrez l’Éternel, invoquez son nom… Chantez-lui des cantiques ! Méditez toutes ses œuvres merveilleuses. Psaume 105. 1, 2

Soyez remplis de l’Esprit,… chantant et apportant la louange, de votre cœur, au Seigneur. Éphésiens 5. 18, 19
 

Chantez au Seigneur, il est la source de vie.
Sa puissance est sans limites et son œuvre est infinie.
Il nous a donné un cœur, une raison,
Sa présence nous entoure, chantez !

Le Seigneur est bon ! Dieu est là, vraiment là,
Bien plus proche qu’on ne croit.
Sa bonté nous fait revivre,
Et sa grâce nous délivre.

Dieu est là, vraiment là,
Lui qui est et qui était,
Pour toujours sera le même, Dieu est là !

Dieu nous a parlé à visage découvert,
En Jésus, chacun peut lire comme dans un livre ouvert.
C’est lui qui guérit, et qui change les cœurs,
C’est lui qui voit les plus faibles, qui est mort pour les pécheurs.

Rien n’est comme avant, si tu vis avec Jésus,
Toutes choses sont nouvelles, le passé ne revient plus.
Le ciel est ouvert et tu vois son reflet,
Car tout change à la lumière de celui qui nous promet :

Je suis là, vraiment là,
Je suis tout proche de toi.
Ma bonté te fait revivre,
Et ma grâce te délivre.

Je suis là, vraiment là,
Moi qui suis et qui étais,
Je serai toujours le même. Je suis là !
Jésus dit : “Moi je suis avec vous tous les jours” (Matthieu 28. 20).

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Washed

You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:11

Dear Jesus, I know I’ve sinned against You. And I realize that the penalty for my sin is separation from You. Thank You for the salvation You’ve made possible and for drawing me close to You forever.

Today's Scripture & Insight:

My friend Bill described Gerard, an acquaintance of his, as being “very far from God for a very long time.” But one day, after Bill met with Gerard and explained to him how God’s love has provided the way for us to be saved, Gerard became a believer in Jesus. Through tears, he repented of his sin and gave his life to Christ. Afterward, Bill asked Gerard how he felt. Wiping away tears, he answered simply, “Washed.”

What an amazing response! That’s precisely the essence of salvation made possible through faith in Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross. In 1 Corinthians 6, after Paul gives examples of how disobedience against God leads to separation from Him, he says, “That is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 11). “Washed,” “sanctified,” “justified”—words that point to believers being forgiven and made right with Him.

Titus 3:4–5 tells us more about this miraculous thing called salvation. “God our Savior . . . saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth.” Our sin keeps us from God, but through faith in Jesus, sin’s penalty is washed away. We become new creations (2 Corinthians 5:17), gain access to our heavenly Father (Ephesians 2:18), and are made clean (1 John 1:7). He alone provides what we need to be washed.

By:  Dave Branon

Reflect & Pray

Why is it vital for you to be washed and sanctified by Jesus? What has it meant or what will it mean for you to put your faith in Him?