Easter Devotional Five

DAY FIVE

Because of my death - He died. Because He’s alive - I live.

Daily Introduction:

Each day, begin by slowly declaring the truth below aloud. Let the words shape your heart before you move on. Sit with the statement and carry it as your declaration for the day. Then prayerfully read the Scripture passage. Read it more than once. Notice a word or phrase that stands out and linger there with the Lord. Finally, respond to Him through the reflection questions. Journal your honest responses. Invite the Holy Spirit to speak His heart and reveal where this truth meets your real life today.

Truth:

He took my hostility and gave me His reconciliation. I am forgiven.

Verse:

Colossians 1:19-22

“For God in all His fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through Him God reconciled everything to Himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were His enemies, separated from Him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.”

Reflection:

Where have I felt distant from God, as if I were far away or unworthy of closeness?

How does the message of the cross communicate peace, and bring me near to God?

What changes when I believe I stand before Him “without a single fault”?