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marbella3 70F
2483 posts
2/21/2020 4:43 am

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2/22/2020 5:28 am

A Place of Belonging

Bible in a Year:

Numbers 1–3
Mark 3
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

Ephesians 3:

Ephesians 3:–21
Some years after the tragic loss of their first spouses, Robbie and Sabrina fell in love, married, and combined their two families. They built a new home and named it Havilah (a Hebrew word meaning “writhing in pain” and “to bring forth”). It signifies the making of something beautiful through pain. The couple says they didn’t build the home to forget their past but “to bring life from the ashes, to celebrate hope.” For them, “it is a place of belonging, a place to celebrate life and where we all cling to the promise of a future.”

That’s a beautiful picture of our life in Jesus. He pulls our lives from the ashes and becomes for us a place of belonging. When we receive Him, He makes His home in our hearts (Ephesians 3. God adopts us into His family through Jesus so that we belong to Him (1:5–6). Although we’ll go through painful times, He can use even those to bring good purposes in our lives.

Daily we have opportunity to grow in our understanding of God as we enjoy His love and celebrate what He’s given us. In Him, there’s a fullness to life that we couldn’t have without Him (3:19). And we have the promise that this relationship will last forever. Jesus is our place of belonging, our reason to celebrate life, and our hope now and forever.

Reflect & Pray
In what ways has Jesus changed your life? What does it mean for you to belong to Jesus?

I’m grateful that I belong to You, Jesus. Thank You for a life of hope for now and forever.


MrsJoe 76F
17382 posts
2/21/2020 7:20 am

There isn't enough space to express all the ways that He has changed my life, but let me just say that without Him, I am a mess.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


dannyfisher 79M

2/21/2020 7:54 am

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    There isn't enough space to express all the ways that He has changed my life, but let me just say that without Him, I am a mess.
mrs joe THEE AND ME