Today’s Podcast
- Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
- Have you ever lived or worked in a place that required you to be covered head to toe to protect you from exposure to the elements? Welcome to the world!
- Scripture
- John 20:22-23
- Jesus: Welcome the Holy Spirit of the living God. You now have the mantle of God’s forgiveness. As you go, you are able to share the life-giving power to forgive sins, or to withhold forgiveness.
- Devotional
- Between my freshman and junior year of college, to earn a little money, I worked in a grocery chain warehouse loading their delivery trucks.
- It was hard work, but I didn’t mind it so much.
- It kept me in good physical condition
- pay wasn’t so bad for a young kid
- Negatives were night work, 7 to whenever trucks were loaded
- Worked in the freezer
- I don’t like the cold
- Born and raised in Tennessee
- Got some snow and few days, maybe a week at a time below freezing
- Never liked cold
- After serving in Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia, hated cold – anything below 60 degrees
- In the freezer temperatures at zero or just below
- Dry ice in boxes to keep frozen foods cold during transport
- dressed from head to toe
- Thermals
- Freezer coveralls
- Gloves
- Hat
- Mask
- Stayed protected from the cold and severe injury
- When we ask Jesus into our lives He gives us the mantle of God’s forgiveness
- I think about the covering I had when working in that freezer
- Covered from head to toe with His Spirit
- Protected by His forgiveness
- Guilt and burden of sin cannot get through
- Free from the internal injury sin because His spirit keeps the fiery darts of Satan away from us
- We underestimate the power of forgiveness
- God’s forgiveness to us
- Our forgiveness of others
- When He forgives us, we have the power to forgive others
- His grace and mercy extended to us shows us how to love and how to extend that same grace and mercy to those who wrong us
- What does forgiveness do?
- It takes away the barriers that keep us from loving each other
- It tears down the walls in relationships
- It stops the negative thinking that builds up about our neighbors
- It helps us see others as God sees them, their potential as His children
- It helps us love unconditionally
- Invite Him into your life and be covered by the mantle of His forgiveness
- Between my freshman and junior year of college, to earn a little money, I worked in a grocery chain warehouse loading their delivery trucks.
- If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”
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