Today's Verse: Romans 10:9-10

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
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Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Imagine Jesus being proud of you! He said if we confess him before others here on earth, he will speak up for us in heaven and claim us as his own (Matthew 10:32). Not only that, because we have confessed Jesus as our Savior and Lord, Jesus presents us to God as "holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation." Confessing Jesus as our Lord is acknowledging the truth, the reality of Jesus' true identity that every person will acknowledge one day. Our confession is the anticipation of what is to come when every knee will bow, and every tongue confess Jesus as Lord to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).

My Prayer...

Mighty God, your Son is our Lord and Savior. We love him and praise him for his redeeming sacrifice. We thank him for his conquest over death and the grave. We marvel at his sacrificial and triumphant grace. Jesus is Lord. We know those words sound sweet in your ears, O God, so we confess the truth again: Jesus is Lord! O Father, thank you for being so great that you would be so sacrificial in sharing your grace and glory of the Son with us. In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Carpenter and our King, we offer our deepest thanks and praise. Amen.

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Illustration of Romans 10:9-10 — If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

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Today's Verse is a free daily devotional that includes a Bible verse, thought and prayer.

The Thoughts and Prayer on Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.