Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.
Psalm 103:1-4
If you have a job you can probably list the benefits package that is offered. I am sure you know your wages. You may have benefits for sick time, vacation time and holiday pay. Do you have health insurance or life insurance as a benefit? Whenever an applicant goes in for a job interview one of the things that is discussed will be the employee benefits.
Do you know God's benefits as a child of His? You may feel unloved and overwhelmed by your circumstances, or maybe you feel defeated and hopeless. Today, I want to encourage you. If you are a child of God, you are loved by the Lord and His benefits are awesome! He is your Savior, your Healer, your Redeemer, your Deliverer, and the greatest Counselor you could ever know.
When you repent of your sin and ask Jesus to come into your life, He is giving you the benefit of eternal life. Have you made that decision in your life? Have you asked Jesus to forgive your sins? Have you repented and are you choosing to live a Christ-like lifestyle, growing in the Lord each and every day? When you receive the forgiveness of your sins, you receive the most important gift you can receive from God, eternal life.
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. *For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.*
Romans 6:20-23
Make hay whilst the sun shines. Remember the sun will not shine forever.
*Choose Christ Jesus: Choose life eternal.*
Bro Ritchie Edukwesi WOANYA