Monday
1 John 3:4
Those who sin are opposed to Your law, God, for all sin opposes Your law, Father.
Tuesday
1 John 3:5
And I know that You, Jesus, came to take away my sin, for there is no sin in You..
Wednesday
1 John 3:6
So if I continue to live in You, I won’t sin either. But those who keep on sinning have never known You or understood Who You are.
Thursday
1 John 3:7
I do not let anyone deceive me about this. When I do what is right, it is because I am righteous, even as You, Christ, are righteous.
Friday
1 John 3:8
But when I keep on sinning, it shows I belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But You, Son of God, came to destroy these works of the devil.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
4691. Count your life by deeds–not years.
4692. The best exercise for the heart is to bend down several times during the day to help someone.
4693. The gospel does not shrink our lives – it expands them.
4694. The heart enlarged by sympathy never killed anyone.
4695. God does not comfort his people to make them comfortable but to make them comforters.