2/15/24 Daily Cleansing: Surrendering Body, Soul, and Spirit to God! ❤️

Daily Cleansing: Surrendering Body, Soul, and Spirit to God!
February 13, 2024 Veronika West

Today, reflect on any areas in your life where you have come into agreement with lies, doubt, unbelief and fear.

Are there any negative attitudes, thoughts, or behaviors that need to be addressed?

Take the time to confess them to God and ask for His forgiveness and purification.

As you Pray, surrender these worldly influences to God and ask Him to remove them from your life. Trust in His power to transform and cleanse you from within.

Look at Hebrews 9, and read it slowly, allowing the words to penetrate your heart.

Pay attention to how Jesus, through His Sacrifice on the Cross, has obtained eternal redemption for you.

Ask God to help you to renew your mind, and to you free from guilt and shame, so that you can fully enjoy intimacy with Him.

Psalm 51:10, Ezekiel 36:26, and 1 John 1:9. Meditate on these verses and allow them to bring encouragement and comfort to your spirit.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.“ Psalm 51:10

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

Remember, when we try to hide our sins and keep them buried within us, it only leads to more pain and darkness. But God, in His mercy, invites us to come into the light and bring our sins before Him.

He is faithful and just to forgive us when we confess our wrongdoings, and He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Confession is not a burden or a punishment, but rather a pathway to freedom and restoration.

It is through confession that we acknowledge our need for God’s cleansing and surrender our pride and self-sufficiency. It is an opportunity for us to experience the depth of God’s love and mercy.

Daily cleansing is not just about asking for forgiveness, but also about surrendering our will to God’s will.

It is about allowing Him to daily renew our minds and transform our souls. It is in this process of sanctification that we become more like Christ and reflect His light to the world around us.

As we walk in the light and allow the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from all sin, we begin to experience the joy and freedom that comes from living in alignment with God’s purposes.

Our souls and spirits find peace and rest in His presence, and we are able to fulfill the calling He has placed upon our lives.

So, let us not be afraid to come into the light.

Let us not shy away from the process of daily cleansing. For it is through this journey that we will find true freedom, joy, and intimacy with our Creator.

May we continually surrender our bodies, souls, and spirits to His transforming power, knowing that He is faithful to complete the work He has started in us.

Stay connected with God and you will discover that the daily cleansing of our temple is not a burden, but a blessing.

It is a sacred act of Worship, as we offer ourselves fully to the One who gave His life to cleanse us from all sin…

Throughout the day, remain mindful of your thoughts, attitudes, and actions. Be aware of any temptations or negative influences that may arise to bring distraction and discouragement…

Stay connected to God through prayer, seeking His guidance and strength to resist worldly influences and maintain a pure and renewed spirit…

Remember, cleansing your Spirit is a continual process. It requires daily surrender and dependence on God’s Grace.

As you commit to this journey of renewal, trust that God will faithfully work in your life, transforming you from the inside out.

The Earthly Sanctuary
“Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.”
Limitations of the Earthly Service
“Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience — concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.”
The Heavenly Sanctuary
“But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
The Mediator’s Death Necessary
“For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.”
Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice
“Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another — He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” Hebrews 9:1-28

Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West