Jesus came to save everyone, even me

Read it: 1 Timothy 1:15-17

“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.

Think about it:

When you read this scripture, what does it make you think about?

It reminds me how blessed I am to have a God who is so full of mercy* that he would send His son to die for my sin … for the sin I used to have in my life and for the sin that might come into my life again …

It also helps me think about how God not only saved me from my own sin, but he uses my salvation to help others.

Don’t you think that if people see how God changes us that they will want to be changed as well?

You see, when others realize that God loves even the worst of us, they will see how much God loves us all, and they will want to be saved as well.

Use this scripture to remind you how blessed you are to have been saved by God’s merciful grace, that even though you sinned and turned against God, he saved you from yourself (your sin).

*Mercy - compassion or holding back punishment from an offender

Pray about it: Ask God to show you how blessed you are, not by your circumstances (the clothes you wear, the house you live in, the friends you have, etc.) but by the fact you were saved because Jesus Christ died for your sins. You’re a free lady now…free from the bondage of sin. Thank God for giving you the gift of salvation and ask him to show you how to use your gift to help others know him so that they can be free from sin as well.

Live it: Today, remember you are blessed. Tell others why you are blessed and share with them how Christ has changed your life, so that they too might know God’s mercy. YOU CAN DO IT!