Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

  The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.  Psalm 145:15 I am a believer who falls. I am a believer who falls. I fall physically. I pick up something too heavy and hurt my back. I fall relationally. I can show a lack of kindness where it would have meant so much to someone. I fall spiritually. I fail to seek the Lord when He is right with me. (Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.) I have spent so much of my life embarrassed by my falling, that I've tried to cover it up over and over again. When I cover, I corrupt the healing process; I create more pain, spreading it to my loved ones. My pride says, "I should never fall." But here's the good news (can you feel a brand new day!). The Lord helps the fallen. He does. My pride says, "I should never fall." How much better it is to say, "I fell down today!" Rather than, "I'm good; nothing to look at here." He helps the fallen. And even when I dig a hole ...

  Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:8-10 The impulse to do bad things subsided. I'm a believer who needs my godly friends. It takes humility to rely on friends and grace to help them. The verse says, love covers a multitude of sins. One way to look at that is that we need each other. And if love covers a multitude of sins, that means that friends know about those sins. I am blessed to have godly friends that I reach to. They reach out to me too. We listen to and help each other. They remind me to be bold, to forgive, to make amends, and to be honest. They are Christ-like though they might not ever describe themselves that way. The other day, I was tempted hard. I reached out to two friends. One got the notification and texted me back immediately. ...