Good Morning Sanctified One!

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ~ “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Do you want peace, and not just any kind of peace, but the peace of God to encompass you! This is what you can have when you draw near to God! He sanctifies you and washes you through and through!

Let’s look at cleaning your laundry before the cleaner (you) and after the Cleaner (Jesus)! Have you ever had a piece of laundry that you had to wash over and over because you just couldn’t get the stain out of it with just one wash? As a matter of fact, you probably tried to scrub it a little bit before you washed it the third and fourth time. Now ask yourself this question, how many times did Jesus Christ have to wash you before you truly repented? For every sin you repented of, He washed you and made you clean!

Now when you think about washing something, you want it to be clean, don’t you? I know that you don’t won’t to put on anything dirty, you only want clean stuff. But when you don’t repent and ask God to cleanse you from the inside out, you are only surface clean. You do not just want a surface cleaning job, where it looks good on the outside and inside is all dirty, you want everything clean and only Jesus Christ can clean your insides, will you let Him?

Leviticus 20:7 ~ “Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.” None of us can be holy on our own, we need God and He does the purifying and sanctifying work in our lives. As a matter of fact, everything that has happened in your life is God working it out for you. It’s done to draw you closer and closer to Him! It’s designed to conform you to be more like the image of Jesus Christ! In everything that you walk through its God working through you and He’s working it out for your sanctification and for your good. God is purifying you for righteous living and this should be good news to your ears and heart!

Can you imagine watching a movie that showed what your sin history looked like? Every bad thought, idol word, contrary behavior that went against what He told you not to do, those hidden sins, especially those that you thought you hid from everyone, even from yourself, every sin, every day, all day long and day after day.  No one would want to see this movie over and over again, yet Jesus Christ, sees everything that you do, and He is the only One that can wash you clean through and through, you have to be washed in the Word and by the Blood, it’s the process for His Sanctification, Mercy and Grace! When God washes you through and through, He gets rid of everything, and the perfect peace of God becomes your portion!

God is giving you His statutes and He’s calling you and me to do a thing, to be Holy, to be Sanctified, to be Different and to be Set Apart for His Purpose and Only your Lord and Savior can do this, “Trust The Process of God!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, search me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts and remove anything from me that is wrong. Wash me through and through, until I look just like you. Thank You Father, for forgiving me and cleansing me from all unrighteousness. Keep my mind and heart clear that I may hear from You at all times. God mold me into the image of Your Son Jesus Christ. Please make me holy. Please make me look more like Jesus today. I pray Lord, that You will continue to work through every circumstance in me and that I will encounter You today in my life and that my life will never be the same because of what You have done for me, in me and through me, it’s for my good and Your Glory! In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean