Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands. For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. 1 John 5:2‭-‬4 I'm in School Here Believers in Jesus keep His commands. And that’s what I do. Right? Yes, it is.  Not perfectly. And sometimes I look like a complete wreck at keeping His commands. But I’m in school here. I’m learning, and like a Kindergartener who is learning to write his name, I can get the letters backwards. And when I get it backwards, I want to get it right. I can stumble, skin my knee, try again, fall again, even break a bone, but He is still working on me. Don’t get me wrong; my sin is serious, and it causes hurt in me and others. Still, dealing with it is part of the discipleship of the Lord in my life.  One of the interesting things to me in this verse is this

  Today, we only have a podcast version of the daily devotional. It's about 8 minutes long. The scripture is a bit longer than what we normally cover.  Here's the passage. May you be blessed as you read and meditate on His word! 2 Peter 1:3-8  3  His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  4  By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.  5  For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,  6  knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,  7  godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.  8  For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our