Devotion:
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Read Romans 10:9-10.
Paul tells us if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus has been resurrected, we will be saved. The word believe means to trust or believe in. Our faith is more than an intellectual assent where we acknowledge the resurrection of Jesus in our mind, but it does not necessarily affect our heart, emotions, or actions.
True faith transforms both the inside and the outside. God wants a faith that works inwardly in our character and outwardly in our words and actions. True faith is trust. For example, a small child is told to jump from a low wall into her parent’s waiting arms. The child hesitates, looking at the distance, and imagining the fall. When she finally leaps, she is trusting her parents, and she lands safely. Trusting God is like that leap. Sometimes we can’t see exactly how God will catch us, but when we believe His promises, He never lets us fall. True faith requires total reliance and trust.
Personal Worship Option:
Lord, thank You for the gift of salvation. Help me to believe fully in my heart that Jesus died and rose again for me. Give me the courage to confess to Him with my mouth, not only in words but in how I live every day. Amen.
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