I LOVE JOSEPH PRINCE'S DAILY DEVOTIONS...I LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 John 2:1

If you want a glimpse of some real-life celestial drama, picture this: God the Father sits as Judge of the universe with Jesus Christ at His right hand, who is not only your High Priest, but also your Advocate.

When your accuser, the devil, comes along and says, ‚"You have done this wrong and you have not done that right,‚" Jesus says, ‚"Father, the devil is right, but My blood has paid for what the devil is accusing him of.‚"

Then the devil adds, ‚"You have also not been reading the Bible or praying enough. And this morning, you told a lie.‚"

Again, Jesus will say, ‚"Father, the devil has indeed reported correctly, but My blood has paid for all these failures.‚"

God the Father will then slam the gavel on the sound block and say, ‚"Case dismissed! Next!‚"

You need to understand that God can justly declare you innocent and completely righteous because Jesus took your place at the cross, and shed His blood to pay for your sins and condemnation. (2 Corinthians 5:21) God is simply being faithful and just to what Christ has done.

When Jesus rose from the grave, He rose as your Advocate, your lawyer. But unlike most earthly lawyers who take on cases because it serves their interests and wallets, He is a lawyer who is personally interested in your happiness and wellbeing. Unlike earthly lawyers who are not caught up in the feelings and sufferings of their clients, Jesus went through great sufferings for you and paid with His own life so that you can receive all the blessings of God.

As your Advocate today, Jesus ensures that what He died and suffered to give you, you get! In heaven today, He defends and represents you to ensure that the healing, wholeness, protection and other blessings that He died to give you are enforced in your life. Beloved, have confidence in and rest in the ability of your Advocate!

Thought For The Day

As your Advocate today, Jesus ensures that you get what He suffered and died to give you.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Psalm 89:34

When God promises you something, do you take Him at His Word? Or do you, like Abraham, ask, ‚"Lord God, how shall I know that I will
inherit it?‚" (Genesis 15:8)

God did not reprimand Abraham for failing to take Him at His Word. That is how gracious God is to His people. He even came down to Abraham's level
of faith and did something to assure Abraham that He would always keep His promises - He made a covenant with Abraham. (Genesis 15:9-17)

God did not do it for His own benefit. God is a God of His Word. He does not break His Word. But He bound Himself to a covenant because He knew
that Abraham needed to know in his heart that God would do whatever He had promised him.

Man finds it hard to just believe words. For example, when you buy a house, a contract is drawn up and signed by both parties, and lawyers are involved. You
need a contract because you cannot trust the other person's words and he cannot trust yours either.

Likewise, we find it hard to take God at His Word. So God made a covenant with us, not because He cannot be trusted, but because He knows that we find
it hard to just believe what He says. God knows that man will wonder, ‚"What if God wakes up on the wrong side of His bed tomorrow and decides to fry me
instead of bless me?‚"

But because God has made a new covenant with us, which is established by the blood of His Son, we can, like Abraham, not waver through unbelief regarding
the promises of God, but be strengthened in our faith, being fully persuaded that God will do as He has promised. (Romans 4:20-21) We have the assurance that
God will not wake up one day and say, ‚"Forget the new covenant. I want to remember your sins now and curse you instead of bless you!‚"

My friend, the new covenant blessings for you are guaranteed because God has bound Himself to the covenant. And He is a covenant-keeping God who is
willing and more than able to do everything He has promised you!

Thought For The Day

Because God has made a new covenant with us, established by the blood of His Son, we can be fully persuaded that He will do as He has promised.