Day 7

Scripture to Read: Romans 8:17

We come to the close of another incredible week in God’s Word. This week, God has taught us much about His desire for deep intimate fellowship with us each day. He has reminded us that we are His children and that He is our loving Heavenly Daddy. As we close out today, we read in Romans 8:17, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. God is telling us that because we are His children, that also makes us heirs of Him and His glory. When we receive an inheritance in this life, it is most often tied to land, possessions, money, or a combination of them. But God tells us that we, as His children, inherit far greater riches from Him. God promised Abraham in Genesis 12:3, Genesis 15:5, and Genesis 22:18 that He would multiply his descendants beyond the stars of the sky and the sands on the seashore. We are Abraham's descendants, grafted into God's family through our Lord Jesus Christ. That makes us heirs according to the hope of eternal life and heirs of salvation (Titus 3:7, Hebrews 1:14). As heirs of God, we are no longer slaves; but we are His children, as we have seen all this week (Galatians 4:7). We must get our eyes off this world's temporary pleasures and focus on the everlasting riches of God’s kindness through Christ our Lord, for we are heirs indeed.

Challenge & Application

· What did God teach you today about the inheritance He gives you as His child? · How are you guarding your heart against focusing on the temporary pleasure of this life but instead focusing on what God gives?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

This week, we will only focus on four verses in Romans 8. Though we are only examining four verses, we will see that God’s powerful Truth will speak volumes to each one of us. Last week, God spoke to us about our “flesh” and His Spirit dwelling in us. We continue in that same arena, but God gives us more about our adoption through Christ our ...

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Day 2

Yesterday, we left off with a good understanding of what it means to be led by God’s Holy Spirit in us. But there is still more to learn, so let’s examine Galatians 5:17–18. God tells us in Galatians 5:17–18, For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that...

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Day 3

Today, we have the privilege of examining more great news about who we are in Christ. We know God has told us that we must willingly be led daily by His Holy Spirit in us. But let’s make sure we don’t miss what God says next in Romans 8:14, that all those led by His Spirit are sons of God. At first glance, we might read right past God’s power...

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Day 4

OK, so we know that we are God’s children and that God has confirmed this Truth throughout His Word. But God wants us also to know that because we’re His children, we have some extraordinary privileges. In Romans 8:15, God’s Word says, For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adopt...

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Day 5

Today, we’re going to look a little deeper at Romans 8:15. We need to make sure we understand what God means when He says that we’ve been given a spirit of adoption as Christians. We also need to examine closely that God provides every Christian the privilege of calling Him “Abba, Father.” We only find “Abba” used three times in the entire Bi...

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Day 6

All of us, as Christians, have gone through times of doubting whether we belong to God or not. Our doubts often arise when we have gotten out of deep fellowship with our Lord and His Word. When our lives get too busy for deep fellowship with our Lord and filling our minds and hearts with His Word, we open ourselves to the enemy's lies. The sp...

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Day 7

We come to the close of another incredible week in God’s Word. This week, God has taught us much about His desire for deep intimate fellowship with us each day. He has reminded us that we are His children and that He is our loving Heavenly Daddy. As we close out today, we read in Romans 8:17, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fell...

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