DAILY HOPE WITH RICK WARREN 15TH MAY 2025.
Daily Hope Devotional by Pastor Rick Warren for today is here to give you the encouragement to live the life God has called you to. Please read, pray and share this devotional with someone today.
The topic of Daily Hope by Rick Warren 15th May 2025 “Just as If You’d Never Sinned”
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 4:16 (NLT)
Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
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RICK WARREN DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY 15TH MAY 2025.
You don’t have to be hesitant or shy about coming to God for forgiveness. The Bible says, “Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most” (Hebrews 4:16 NLT).
At the throne of grace, you won’t find scolding, punishment, or rejection. When we come to God with our sin, we receive his mercy, and we find his grace.
What’s the difference between mercy and grace? Mercy is forgiveness for all the things you’ve done wrong. Grace is the power to change. You need both. You need mercy for your sin, all the things you’ve done wrong in the past (forgiveness). And you need grace, the power to change, in the future. God says that when you come to him with honesty and humility, you will receive both.
Let me tell you how not to get God’s forgiveness.
You don’t beg God. He wants to forgive you more than you want to be forgiven! You don’t have to beg.
You don’t bargain or bribe: “God, I’ll never do it again! I’ll live this kind of life. I’ll tithe 20 percent!” You don’t bargain. You don’t bribe. You don’t beg.
You just believe.
What do you believe? You believe God’s promise in Hebrews 4:16.
How do you do it? You just confess. Confession is not saying, “God, I’ll never do it again.” It’s saying, “You’re right, God. It was wrong. I was wrong.”
The Bible says in Romans 5:1, “Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (NIV).
What does it mean to be justified? It means “just as if you’d never sinned.” It means God considers you righteous or not guilty because of what Jesus has done for you.
Wouldn’t you like to have a heart that’s washed clean? No matter how deep the stain of your sin, God can take it out. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they can be as white as snow. Though your sins are deep red, they can be white like wool” (Isaiah 1:18 NCV).
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