ULTIMATE CARE DEVOTIONAL💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022Today’s Theme: ⛪ PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”Text: ROMANS 13:14MESSAGEPut on the Lord Jesus Christ is a very powerful expression. You see CHRIST must be in us before he can be on us. Christ in you the hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27) is the message.Christ must be in our heart by faith, before He can be in our lives by holiness. Faith puts Christ within, and enables us to put on Christ without.Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17).When Christ is formed in you, He is formed through the word of faith which you receive or proclaim.And once you receive the word, you have receive faith and Christ. This is because Christ is the Word of God (John 1:1).Romans 10:8 says“But what does it say? ‘The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,’ that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim” (NIV):John 1:12 says“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”: Power to become lies in receiving Christ by faith. Receiving Christ by faith means receiving his word by faith and believing in him, as the Son of the living God. Faith comes through the hearing the word of God. Romans 10:17Having Christ within as your Saviour is the secret of your inner life. The life of glory. So put on Christ to be the beauty of your daily life. Let the external be brightened by the internal; and this shall be to you that “armour of light” which all the soldiers of the Lord Jesus are privileged to wear. As Christ is your substance, nourishing the inner man, so put on Christ as your garment, covering the outer man.What does it mean to put on the Lord Jesus?It means to be the light because Christ is the light. John 8:12;Mathew 5: 14, 16; John 9: 5.You should walk as light, shining everywhere you go, showing the work of light and manifesting light. Light signifies righteousness and holiness. Light signifies the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the believer; love, humility, gentleness, etc. (Galatians 5;22-23). Listen to the following scriptures:’Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall has the light of life”(John 8:12).“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid”(Mathew 5:14).” Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Mathew 5:16)“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9:5)It means to put on the armour of light. Romans 13: 12, Ephesians 6:13-14.The armour of light are the virtues that keep you as the light of God, the light of the world, and living in the light of his word. These are: holiness, righteous living/the breastplate of righteousness, faith/shield of faith, humility, gentleness, the gospel of peace, etc. The Bible has these to say:Ephesians 6:13 – 17; “Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you has done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all these, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light” Romans13:12It means to walk in love. Romans 13:10, 1 John 2:10; 1 John 4: 10, 7“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law” (Romans 13:10). To put on the Lord Jesus Christ means to walk in love because Christ is the love of God. This is why the Bible says that love is the fulfilling of the law or commandment of God (Romans 13:10). In 1 John 2: 10, the Bible says, “He that loveth his brother abideth in the light…”. This is because God is light (John 8:12). Therefore as those that walk in love, dearly beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God” (1 John 4:7).It means to walk honesty. Romans 13:13“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying” Romans 13:13It means we should not make provisions for the flesh. 1 John 2:15-16; Romans 13:14.“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lust thereof”.(Romans 13:14)“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world”It means we should walk in the truth. John 5: 33; 1 John 4:6“Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth”. (John 5:33)“We are of God, he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error” (1 John 4:6)I pray today that the garment of righteousness and true holiness rest on your life, and family. May the Lord help you to continue to walk in the truth of the light of God in Jesus mighty name, Amen.PRAYERSHeavenly Father, I thank you for your love and favour on my life and family. I am alive today because thou favoureth me. Lord I am grateful.Father, help me to walk in light and shine as your light.Every form of darkness arising against me from the very foundation of my life and family, I decree that the light of God swallow them in my life and family.Lord I pray that nothing in life quenches the light of God in my life and family in Jesus Amen.Heavenly Father, my going out today is blessed, and whatever I shall touch to do, let it receive your light and favour in Jesus mighty name, Amen.⛪BIBLE READING PLAN FOR THE YEAR, 2022.MORNING: GENESIS ,3-4. EVENING:MATHEW ,3-4.💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Hammer Word Cares ⛪