Bible reading for 40.Day 2026 | Galatians 5:1
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow!
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives!
Yes, He lives that we would be free indeed! Free from every plan of darkness. Free to live, free to love. Let us rejoice in Jesus’ victory.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness.” (2 Peter 1:3)
Christ has set us free. And with His divine power, we can become all that He has called us to be and we can do all that He has prepared in advance for us to do as fruitful disciples.
A disciple of Christ is someone who is learning to become more and more like Jesus in character. Together in freedom, let us encourage one another to make freedom a way of life.
Choose truth, choose submission, choose love.
1. Choose truth
God’s Word is truth. Jesus is the Truth. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. And it is knowing the truth that sets us free – the truth about our Father God.
You are not your past. You are not your failures. You are who God says you are! In Christ, you are accepted, secure and significant.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16).
Freedom begins here, when you truly believe that your Father God loves you completely.
The truth about who we are in Christ: Your decision to follow Christ was the defining moment of your life and led to a complete change in who you now are.
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come — the old has gone, the new is here.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
You are not your past. You are not your failures. You are who God says you are! In Christ, you are accepted, secure and significant.
We are no longer sinners but beloved saints in the hands of a God who loves us. Why would we believe anything else?
Together in freedom, let us encourage one another to make freedom a way of life.
2. Choose submission
Deal with what’s holding you back. God does not change our past but by His grace, He enables us to walk free of it. Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1), but we will not experience that freedom without genuine repentance.
Repentance simply means a change of mind. We reject the lies we have believed and the sins in our lives. We choose to believe what God says is true – and we start to live accordingly.
“Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
Where in your life do you need to submit to God today?
From fear to faith?
From bitterness to forgiveness?
From anxiety to peace?
The ministry I’m involved in equips Christians from almost 50 countries to take personal responsibility to submit to God and make freedom a way of life.
Who sets us free is Christ. What sets us free is our response to Him in repentance and faith.
Together in freedom, let us encourage one another to make freedom a way of life.
3. Choose love
Jesus said in John 13:35 that the world will know we are His disciples by our love.
Let’s commit to choosing truth, submission and love, and walking together in the freedom Christ has won for us.
And in 1 John 4:19, He said we love because He first loved us.
Together we are God’s chosen instrument to proclaim freedom to others. Isaiah 61:1 says: “…He has anointed us to proclaim freedom for the captives…” When we are set free by Christ, we are free to love and free to help others find that same freedom, so that they will be free to find Christ.
So let’s commit to choosing truth, submission and love. And walking together in the freedom Christ has won for us.
Let’s pray.
Father, thank You that You love us, not because of what we’ve done, but simply because we are Yours.
Lord, help us to choose truth today, to believe what You say about us. Let the reality of Your love be the ground beneath our feet. Help us to choose submission, to bring every area of our lives under Your Lordship, to repent where we need to repent.
And Lord, help us to choose love, to reflect You to those around us. We declare together: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. And we will stand firm together.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Reflect:
- Do we truly believe that God loves us, and that His love sets us free?
- Will we submit our fears, our unforgiveness, our anxiety to to Him, so that we will be free from all this that holds us back?
- Will we commit to love others just as Jesus loves us?
Pray:
- That we will truly understand that we are set free in Jesus. We are not our past mistakes or failures.
- That we will bring all that is keeping us from true freedom to the feet of Jesus – every anxiety, bitterness and fear.
- That we will always choose to show love to others, because Jesus first loved us.
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