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THE CHOSEN ARE SET APART Poem Devotional

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For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all the other people on earth. – Exodus 33:16(NLT)
THE CHOSEN ARE SET APART
A poem and essay by ILMA
Even before you were born, God has chosen you
You are not made by chance but you have a purpose
The chosen people of God are set apart from the world
His Spirit dwells in the hearts of those who heed his word.
Like Moses and the Israelites, he separated his chosen people
You will clearly notice how you are very different from others
God promised to care for his chosen and be with them always
He will never abandon those who faithfully abide and follow his ways.
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In Exodus, we witness how Moses pleaded God to forgive and have mercy on all those who sinned against God by idolizing other gods. He reminded God his promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to multiply and fill the earth with their descendants. He praises God for all that he has done for the Israelites and also tells him in this verse that because He was always with him, that made them different from the rest of the people on earth.
When I became born again, I suddenly realized how different I was from the rest of the world. For many years I believed the lie that I am weird because I believe in God. Now, I know why.
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PRAYER
Lord, I am so grateful that you set me apart from those that don’t belong to you.
REFLECTION
Do you recognize those who belong to Jesus?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

NO JUDGMENT FOR BELIEVERS Poem Devotional

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September 9
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There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.
-John 3:18(NLT)
NO JUDGMENT FOR BELIEVERS
A poem and essay by ILMA
Anyone who believes in Christ is free from judgment
There is no need to worry for your predicaments
Your faith in the power of God will take you a long way
It will protect you when the enemy chooses you as his prey.
Those who are unbelievers has already been judged
They will find difficulties because of their lack of trust
Believe in God’s one and only Son and you will be free
The Holy Spirit will bring you blessings and victory.
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When I was still in bondage from religion and legalism, I had a very scrupulous conscience. I felt condemned each time I succumb to weaknesses and sin. I was doing the changing myself on my own without heeding the Holy Spirit and God’s word. I wasn’t even aware that I was in bondage because I inherited religious rituals and beliefs from those who raised me. I am sure they passed on what they know is right for me, but God showed me eventually why my life had no victory in some aspects of it.
The bible says that those who believe in Christ are free from judgment but those who don’t are condemned.
PRAYER
Lord, let all believers witness for you so others will believe.
REFLECTION
Relate an incident how being a Christian freed you from condemnation.
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

CHRISTIANS BRING HOLINESS poem devotional

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June 1
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And if a Christian woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him. For the Christian wife brings holiness to her marriage and the Christian husband brings holiness to his marriage.
-1 Corinthians 7:13-14(NLT)
CHRISTIANS BRING HOLINESS
A poem and essay by ILMA
Are you struggling with an unbeliever spouse?
The believer sanctifies the marriage and the house
For a Christian wife brings holiness to her matrimony
And the Christian husband leads to have harmony.
Unless the unbelieving spouse decides to leave
The Christian partner must continue to spiritually lead
God designed his own people to marry another disciple
Unequally yoked marriages is not God’s plan for his people.
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I lived many sinful years before I became a born again Christian. Even when I thought that I believed many teachings of God, I didn’t fully understand what he really expects from me because I didn’t study his word and his character. One of my strongholds is sexual promiscuity which became my coping mechanism to fill the emptiness brought about by being unloved. I chased “worldly love” because I didn’t really know what love really meant. It led to many unequally yoked relationships in the past and until now.
The bible tells us that the Christian person brings holiness to the marriage, but the bible also warns us not to marry an unbeliever.
PRAYER
Lord, guide all those who are in unequally yoked partnerships.
REFLECTION
Why do you think God wants us to be with those who have the same beliefs we have?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com