After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus promised His followers everlasting life (more on that on Day 18!), but the hope of the Christian life is so much more than that. He also spoke of a new life that starts right here and now, what John 10:10 describes as abundant life. It is abundant because it is the kind of life only God can provide\u2014characterized by full freedom for the oppressed, healing for the brokenhearted, and joy for all who trust in Him (Is 61:1, 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do we experience this abundant life? By abiding in Christ and allowing Him to grow in us the fruit of His Spirit (Jn 15:5), by drawing near and allowing Him to cleanse us of sin (Heb 10:22), and by living out Christ\u2019s love and goodness in our actions and encouragements with each other (Heb 10:23\u201324).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning! Jesus promised His followers everlasting life (more on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-promisesofgod"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71942],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"I WILL GIVE YOU ABUNDANT LIFE<\/b>
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After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>
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Jesus promised His followers everlasting life (more on that on Day 18!), but the hope of the Christian life is so much more than that. He also spoke of a new life that starts right here and now, what John 10:10 describes as abundant life. It is abundant because it is the kind of life only God can provide\u2014characterized by full freedom for the oppressed, healing for the brokenhearted, and joy for all who trust in Him (Is 61:1, 7).<\/p>
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How do we experience this abundant life? By abiding in Christ and allowing Him to grow in us the fruit of His Spirit (Jn 15:5), by drawing near and allowing Him to cleanse us of sin (Heb 10:22), and by living out Christ\u2019s love and goodness in our actions and encouragements with each other (Heb 10:23\u201324).<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"10","scripture":"John 10:7-10, Isaiah 61:1-7, John 15:1-11, Hebrews 10:19-25","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}