Celebrate Jesus 2

Monday 28 March
READ: Psa. 103: 2
MORE LESSON: Psa. 19: 1

It is good that you choose to celebrate Jesus for all the very great benefits He has bestowed on you. Jesus deserves our celebration every day and in every way, and we don't have to wait until Christmas time before we celebrate Him. You can celebrate the Son of the Living God today by living for Him and by broadcasting Him wherever you are found. Psalms 103: 2 makes it clear that we are to celebrate Jesus for His benefits to us. Some of the benefits for which we are to celebrate Him are outlined below.
1.Benefit of His death: the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus is a great benefit to all believers because through it we are redeemed from all our iniquities, purified, made peculiar and zealous for good works. And more also, that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles and that we might receive the Holy Spirit, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us:... that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith: Gal. 3:13-14.
2.Benefit of His name: the name of Jesus is one of the benefits of redemption. It is the reason why every knee bows even to the believer in Heaven, on the earth and beneath the earth. It is the secret of freedom, deliverance and power over the hosts of darkness which the believer exercises in the place of spiritual warfare. It is also the reason for the universal acceptance of the leadership of Jesus (Phil. 2:9-11).
3. The benefit of what the believer receives for coming to Christ; for example forgiveness (Eph.1:7), peace (Rom.5:1), reconciliation (II Cor.5:19), access to God (Eph. 2:18), cleansing (I Jn. 1:7) and liberty (Gal. 5:1). It is not possible to make a list of all that a believer receives when he comes to Christ; the list is inexhaustible and the blessing eternal.
4.The benefit of what the believer also becomes by coming to Christ, And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood...: Rev. 1:5-6. When we come to Christ we become the beloved of the Lord, washed by His blood, kings, and priests. And Peter in I Pet. 2:9 also made us to understand that by the Blood we become ...a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
It is interesting to know that we are to celebrate Jesus
because of His benefits to us and then He continues to give us benefits for celebrating Him. In other words, when we celebrate Jesus for His benefits to us, He gives us benefits for celebrating Him for His benefits. He is a gracious God and is worthy of our celebration.

Prayer/Action
* Thank You Jesus because my benefits are from You.
* Father, teach me how to celebrate Jesus better.
* Jesus is my Saviour today, tomorrow and forever, in Jesus' name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every sinful habit that has become a weapon in the hand of my enemies, break out of my life today, in the name of Jesus.