EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) December 9, 2025 GET UP RIGHTEOUS ONE! REV. AROME E. TOKULA Proverbs 24:16 For A RIGHTEOUS MAN may FALL SEVEN TIMES and RISE AGAIN, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. The bible tells us that when someone becomes a Christian, that person is made the very righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21). Righteousness means to be justified and acquitted by God and that is exactly what we have in Christ Jesus (Romans 5:1). This means that as a child of God, you can and should stand before the Father God without any sense of inferiority and you can also stand before the devil as a master because you’re in Christ. Jesus said in Mark 16:17, “…In MY NAME they will CAST OUT DEMONS…” This is only possible if as a believer you are conscious of your righteousness in Christ Jesus! In the parable of the lost son; despite the fact that the younger son had wasted his father’s goods through riotous living, he refused to allow condemnation ruin and keep him in that state of shame, guilt and disappointment. Some Christians struggle through life because they allow the guilt and condemnation of one bad decision to determine the outcome of their whole lives. Romans 8:1 says, “There is therefore NOW NO CONDEMNATION to those who are in Christ Jesus...” it is pertinent to say that no matter what you do as a child of God, He will NEVER condemn you! He will ‘convict’ but He will never ‘condemn.’ The bible says in John 3:17, “For God did not SEND HIS SON into the world TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, but that the world through Him MIGHT BE SAVED.” If God didn’t send Jesus to condemn to condemn the world, the unsaved, how much more the one who has received Him? In Luke 15:18, the bible tells us that the second son who left home came to himself and said, “I will arise and go to MY FATHER, and will say to him, "FATHER, I have sinned against heaven and before you…” _Notice that though he fell, he got up because no matter what happens, it is about him and his ‘father.’ He knew he was righteous before his father and because of this consciousness, he was able to get back up because according to our text, “… a righteous man MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES and RISE AGAIN…” It is righteousness that gives the believer the ability to rise up when he/she falls! Never forget that God has declared you righteous and He expects you to get back up when you fall and keep carrying on as His child! let go and rise in Jesus name! DECLARE I have been declared the righteousness of God because I am in Christ Jesus! I stand before the Father without any sense of inferiority because He loves me. I refuse to be kept under by guilt, shame and condemnation because in me is the ability to rise up when I fall so I get back up and keep moving in Jesus mighty name. PONDER No matter what you do as a child of God, God will NEVER condemn you! He will ‘convict’ but He will never ‘condemn.’ #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #December #RecompenseAndRestoration #2025_TheChristOurLord