Friday November 30, 2012

Read Romans 3:19-28

One of the fads of 1970s America was the motorcycle jump.  This trend reached its high (and low) point on September 8, 1974.  Thousands of spectators gathered around the Snake River Canyon in Idaho to see if Evel Knievel could jump across the chasm in a specially designed “sky cycle”.  In the end, however, it was unsuccessful.  Knievel made it only part way across the gulf before his parachute deployed and he dropped to the canyon floor below.  Some spectators asked  “How far across the canyon did he get?”  But that wasn’t the point.  He didn’t make it all the way across, so he fell short of his goal.

 

This scene is a good illustration of sin.  The Bible talks about sin in Romans 3:23, where Paul declared, “All have sinned and fall short in the glory of God.”  No one is capable of bridging the gap between God and ourselves by our own efforts, but the Saviour came to do just that on our behalf.  Christ perfectly fulfilled God’s standards, then gave His life on the cross to pay for our failures and wrongdoing.  Where we could only fall short, Christ’s work, offered in love, accomplished all that was needed.

 

Our response is to trust Him and receive this matchless gift of salvation.

 

Prayer:

Write down your prayer points in the space provided. Use today’s reading to help you get ideas.

 

Adoration:

 

 

Confession:

 

 

Thanks:

 

 

Supplication:

¥ Pray that God would work powerfully to drive sin far away from yourself and your church.

¥ Pray that each person in your congregation would be strengthened against sin and able to stand against temptation.

 

My Additional Prayer Points.

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