Welcome to our “Get Out with God” podcast. We are Rick and Kristine Ingraham, founders of The Viking and the Lioness Ministries, Inc. Our mission is to encourage people to “Get Out with God” in order to begin to heal, become whole and live well… spirit + soul + body.
We hope that this podcast blesses you with the Word of the Lord and serves as bite-sized encouragement as you clear the clutter, quiet the noise and draw closer in your relationship with the Lord.
· Access our “Journey with Jesus: A Lenten Reflection” calendar with links to the daily scriptures here.
· Access our Day 13 companion download here.
This is Day 13 of our 40-Day Journey with Jesus: A Lenten Reflection, 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 NIV.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Each day we dive deeper in the Word as we prepare our daily Journey with Jesus podcast. Our faith deepens with each step, and we never expected the impact this Lenten journey would have on us. We have discovered that the more we are in the Word, the deeper our gratitude for Jesus becomes. Each day, we read the daily scripture, allow it to marinate, then discuss our individual perspectives with each other before recording our podcast. The gratitude in our hearts flows like never before and we thank Jesus for all that He has done. As we unpacked today’s scripture, our gratitude grew even deeper as we stacked another building block of thankfulness upon the previous one. Thank you, Jesus!
“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.” 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 NIV
Here is some commentary we stumbled upon as we prepared:
“The moment we were born again the Holy Spirit baptized us into Christ, He positioned us in Christ. We exchanged all that we were for all that He is... and as members of His body we became one with Him.
When God looks at believers He sees the perfection of Christ - the wisdom of Christ and the righteousness of Christ, for we are one with Him. God sees nothing of what we were... for positionally He only sees Christ in us - and [He] has accepted us in the Beloved. God accepts us on one condition - Christ.”
At the moment Jesus gave His life for us at the cross, we were like a branch grafted into Him as the vine (John 15:5). In the same way that a vine is life for all its branches, so Jesus is our life. As we became one with Christ, ALL of who we once were died at the cross. God does not see the ‘old’ person, but only sees us as He sees Christ – His pure, righteous, sinless, and worthy child.
We hope that as you join us today to discuss today’s scripture, that you too are blessed with the “ah ha” moment that we experienced when we really understood that we “are one with Christ.”. We look forward to spending time with you and sharing what God has placed on our hearts.
In His precious love,
Shalom shalom (perfect peace)
Rick & Kristine Ingraham - The Viking & The Lioness
The Viking & The Lioness Ministries, Inc.
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