Passion for Praise: 'Death is Swallowed Up in Victory!'
Thursday, November 18, 2004
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
"And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love."
"Peter and John looked at [the lame man] intently, and Peter said, "Look at us!" The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. But Peter....."
"No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.
But every person who doesn't declare that Jesus Christ has come as a human has a spirit..."
"Dear Father, king of banquets, May I enter your halls wearing the appropriate garment, the righteousness of Jesus Christ, not that of my own making....."
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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.
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