Daily Devotion for April 27, 2025

Devotion:

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Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-20.

I mentioned this passage last Sunday as being one of my favorites in the whole Bible. It includes Easter language: “those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again” and anyone in Christ “is a new creation”!  

It also has the verse that is on the license plate of my car (2COR518): “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation…” The next verse goes on to say that God was not only reconciling us to himself, but the whole world!  It is so inspiring to try to fathom what God did at Easter! And then to think that God has invited us to be part of the continuing mission to tell the whole world about it! God has entrusted you and me and everybody else with the message and ministry of reconciliation. In our own part of the world, we get to be agents through whom God seeks to break down all barriers which separate people from God and each other. Wow! What a great message!  What a great ministry! What a great mission!

Personal Worship Option:

Pray this prayer or one in your own words: God who so loves the world, thank you for your love and your desire to draw all people into your love. Help us be more and more open to your guiding and empowering presence, as we seek to continue your mission. In Jesus’ name, Amen.