-Ninety Six- You Have A New Family!

You Have a New Family!

Today’s Reading and Focal Verses: John 1:12-13

But as many has received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

I was blessed.  I had a wonderful family growing up.  My parents were Christians and they loved us with the love of Christ.
I know not all families were, or are, that way.  You may have had a family where you didn’t feel that type of love from one or both of your parents.  You may have lived in foster homes and you may or may not have received the love you needed.  There are many different variations of what your family may have been like.
No matter how bad, or how wonderful, your family was, there is a better one in store for those who receive Christ.  You don’t come into this family through childbirth.  You don’t come into this family because another human told you that is where you had to go.  You come into this family by the grace of God through Christ Jesus His Son.
A child of God becomes a joint-heir with Christ (Romans 8:16-17).  Your Father will never abandon you (Hebrews 13:5).  You can count on His help in difficult times (Hebrew 4:16).  He will teach you all the things you need to know (James 1:5).
There are no members in God’s family that are not loved like the others (Acts 10:34).  The right to become His child is open to as many as will receive Him.
Family – the way God intended – a family of grace.

Thank God for taking you into His family.

Spend time thinking about what a privilege that is.