Pure In Christ

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, open my heart and mind, Holy Spirit. Fill my consciousness and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: 1 John 1:8–9

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the 

truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all 

unrighteousness.

Verse of the day—2 Corinthians 10:17-18"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Today’s reading: Psalm 100-102 1 Corinthians 1

Pure In Christ

God cannot be explained by quantum physics but by simple faith and Paul wants us to stop trying to make it complex-because it is not. God cannot be explained-only accepted in faith.

1 Corinthians 1:26 “Brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his. Think about that! Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence, and not many of you came from important families. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. He chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 And God chose what the world thinks is not important—what the world hates and thinks is nothing. He chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important. 29 God did this so that no one can stand before him and boast about anything. 30 It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.”

So, surrender control of your ego to the Holy Spirit! Lose your faith in self to build the kingdom of God. God uses us-we cannot use God. Faith cannot be explained and so cannot be taught, but it must be learned.

The world will accept only that which can be explained by factual data. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:

23 “But we tell a different story. We proclaim a crucified Jesus, God’s Anointed. For Jews this is scandalous, for outsiders this is moronic, 24 but for those of us living out God’s call—regardless of our Jewish or Greek heritage—we know the Anointed embodies God’s dynamic power and God’s deep wisdom.”(The Voice translation)

Faith is not, to the world, factual. To the believer, our faith is based on our belief in the facts: God is real-fact. Jesus died for our sins-fact. God raised Him from the dead defeating death for us-fact. Jesus is Lord.

Paul goes on to say in 1 Corinthians 1:

25 “You can count on this: God’s foolishness will always be wiser than mere human wisdom, and God’s weakness will always be stronger than mere human strength.”

Our faith is fact. Count on this...

We must make every effort to keep our eyes on our facts-God Himself-and off of self and worldly wisdom-to live in peace in the Body of Christ.

Anything other than total faith in God in Christ Jesus is not peace.

He is our God of peace. He is Lord of all. Tell God now that you want to depend on Him to know His peace.

...because He loves you, He will do it......

Father in Heaven,

Your name, oh God, is above all. Your kingdom is peace. Forgive me for letting my ego rule my thoughts. Give me a burning desire to live in Your peace within the family of God.

God of peace and mercy,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen