Hebrews 10:19-22 NIV
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Since we have confidence, let us draw near to God. If Jesus has made a way to the presence of God, why in the world would we not urgently go that way?!
Perhaps we might be distracted by visible and tangible things (1 John 2:16), but those things could never satisfy us. We are designed by God to be in holy fellowship with Him (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), maybe something like three-phase electrical power or like subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, and electrons, with the nucleus analogous to Father and Son, and the electron cloud analogous to Holy Spirit).
Hebrews 10:23-25 NIV
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
So, hold on, and spur one another on. Like spurs on cowboy boots. Sharp prodding in the right direction.
Father, thank you for sending Jesus to make a way for me to fellowship with you. Jesus, thank you for offering your blood as the sacrifice and your body as the curtain to enter into the Most Holy Place. Holy Spirit, thank you for spreading out from the Most Holy Place to dwell also in my spirit. I give you authority over my soul and body, as well. Make yourself at home. Remove anything that you don't like, and add on and decorate as you please. I am yours. I love you.
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