True Friends Speak the Truth in Love ICS Daily Devotions John 15:14-15 (NKJV) You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all...

We Need Others to Tell Us Our Blind Spots ICS Daily Devotions Proverbs 27:5-6 (AMP) Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]Than love that is hidden. Faithful are the wounds of a friend [who corrects out of love and concern], But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful [because...

Beware of Self-Righteousness ICS Daily Devotions Romans‬ ‭9:30‬ ‭(NKJV‬‬) What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;‬‬‬‬‬‬ Romans‬ ‭10:3-4‬ ‭(NKJV‬)‬ For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted...

Firmly Established in Righteousness ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV) and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Righteousness does not mean being perfect because righteousness is a positional truth about how God sees us in Christ, despite our...

Righteousness Brings Peace ICS Daily Devotions Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV) that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is...

Secure in Christ’s Righteousness ICS Daily Devotions Romans 8:1 (NKJV) There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. As believers, we are blessed with the position of righteousness. It is so important...

Righteousness is Based on the Finished Work of Jesus ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV) and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. What is righteousness? Righteousness gives us the ability to stand in the presence of God the...

Salvation Comes to Everyone Who Believes ICS Daily Devotions Romans 1:16-17 (NKJV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of...

Understanding Righteousness ICS Daily Devotions John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. What makes the atonement and redemptive work of Jesus Christ unique among all other religions, and why...

Live Differently from Your New Position ICS Daily Devotions Galatians 3:13 (NKJV) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), In the New Testament, believers have experienced a fundamental positional...