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\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Therefore, since we are justified\u00a0(acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith,\u00a0let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy],\u00a0peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
\n<\/span>Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith\u00a0<\/span>into this grace (state of God\u2019s favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. \u00a0<\/span>And let us rejoice and<\/i> exult in our hope of experiencing and\u00a0<\/i>enjoying the glory of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 5:1 and 2<\/span><\/p>\n

(click here <\/a>to listen…and sing along…to this beautiful old hymn)<\/p>\n

By Thee, O God, invited
\nWe look unto the Son
\nIn whom Thy soul\u00a0delighted
\nWho all Thy will hath done
\nAnd by the one chief treasure
\nThy bosom\u00a0freely gave
\nThine own pure love we measure
\nThy willing mind to save<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
O God of mercy—Father
\nThe one unchanging claim
\nThe brightest hopes we gather
\nFrom Christ’s most precious name
\nWhat always sounds so sweetly
\nIn Thine unwearied ear
\nHas freed our souls completely
\nFrom all our sinful fear<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The trembling sinner feareth
\nThat God can ne’er forget
\nBut one full payment cleareth
\nHis memory of all debt
\nWhen naught beside could free us
\nOr set our souls at large
\nThy holy work, Lord Jesus
\nSecured a full discharge<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No wrath\u00a0God’s heart\u00a0retaineth
\nTo us-ward who believe
\nNo dread in ours remaineth
\nAs we His love receive
\nReturning sons He kisses
\nAnd with His robe\u00a0invests
\nHis perfect\u00a0love dismisses
\nAll terror from our breasts<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Therefore, since we are justified\u00a0(acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith,\u00a0let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy],\u00a0peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith\u00a0into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[235,3367,1287,425,9081,4216,3174],"class_list":["post-26462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-mary-bowley","tag-romans-51-2","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6SO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26462"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26472,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462\/revisions\/26472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}