Inside Out Devotionals

"...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith."  Hebrews 12:2 We often hear people say that in order to win a battle we need to look unto Jesus and not to the problem. But how do we do that? Since -normally- we can´t really SEE him with our natural eyes, how do we put that in practical terms? The answer to that is more simple than we may think. Whenever we are going through some situation, our full attention goes to OURSELVES: our limitations, our lacks, our inability, our weaknesses ... and here it becomes obvious that if our focus is on all that, it is automatically off Jesus and ALL He has ALREADY PROVIDED for us on the cross.  But the big trap which comes along with all these feelings is: condemnation. We may look at ourselves and question our faith for we were taught that we shouldn´t feel that way. But Jesus himself is the AUTHOR and PERFECTER of our faith. He doesn´t want us to look at our own hearts in order to find "

  For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Romans 5:17 The number 5 in the bible means GRACE.  It is no coincidence that the FIFTH chapter of the book of Romans gets to display GRACE in its broadest and deepest sense.  " Hey " is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and holds the value of 5 when written as a number ( reference ). In the Hebrew calendar, we are in the fifth millennium; so every year starts with the letter hey , meaning 5000. The year 2017 is 5777 in the Hebrew calendar. So we are living in a TIME where GRACE is the head of the years! The fifth time Noah is mentioned in the Scriptures it says:  "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD."  Genesis 6:8   The fifth time Ruth is mentioned in the Scriptures it says: “And Ruth said unto Naomi