5 For if we have become one with Him [permanently united] in the likeness of His death, we will also certainly be [one with Him and share fully] in the likeness of His resurrection.
6 We know that our old [a]self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.
7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin.
Romans 6:5-7 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Romans 6:6 Gr anthropos, i.e. man, person.
You were made to commune deeply with your God. And His heart cries out for intimacy with you, “I wait for your attention, My beloved child.”
Yet things in this fallen world vie for your attention with subtly seductive powers, poised to lead astray even the elect. These diversions will always contend for your time, your focus, your attention.
Stamp on the neck of these earthly sirens once and for all! Choose to be focused and whole hearted for your God.
Be prepared to resist: gather your words, just as David gathered his five smooth stones. Be ready to hurl them between the enemy’s eyes. Be alert and listen for the sound of the darkness, temptation, and distraction as it approaches.
Come and collect your divine rhema words from the Holy Spirit, along with the supplies and spiritual nourishment He will provide for you. As you prepare yourself, know that Jesus Christ is with you every step of the way. Your needs are documented in His heavenly inventory, His angels are poised ready to move at His command.
And now the Spirit of Jesus Christ encourages you: “Enter into the fullness of this wild victorious partnership with me, My favoured warrior Bride! Together we bring the fullness of My Kingdom of heaven to this earth.”
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
1 John 3:18 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 