Wednesday, September 10, 2008

LIFE

ok so i know that normally the general rule to a blog is to tell of your life and what is going on in it...the good the bad and the worstestly..lol.
I have to tell you though how excited I am about life; sure there are some valleys..but I know one thing that surpasses all! JESUS!!! He paid the full price! Is that not AMAZING!!! Hebrew 12!! Let Him work on you! I am just enjoying the Holy Spirit right now!!! Hallelujah!! I LOVE YOU!! I can say that with conviction b/c of Jesus! He loves me no matter what! I love you no matter what!!! Just look to the ceiling lift your hands and just praise HIM! enjoy HIM! because He enjoys you!

Friday, September 5, 2008

MEDITATE ON THIS

God’s Grace Is Unmerited

Galatians 5:44You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

What is the grace of God? Simply put, the grace of God is God blessing, healing, delivering and prospering you because of Jesus. The grace of God is His unearned, unmerited and undeserved favor toward you simply because of Jesus’ finished work at the cross.
Because God’s grace is based on Jesus’ work and not yours, the only way you fall from this grace is by believing that you can earn, merit and deserve it through your obedience and good works.
For example, you fall from grace when you say, “God has to answer my prayer because I have prayed long enough.” You also fall from grace when you think that because you are serving in church or you have kicked a bad habit, God is pleased with you and He has to bless you.
When you think that it is by your efforts and obedience that you receive God’s blessings, you become like the Pharisees. They believed that their law-keeping justified them and ensured that God would bless them. But the truth is that when you believe like them, “you have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace”. This means that you are cut off from Christ, who is your salvation, Redeemer, healer and provider. Christ has become of no effect to you!
My friend, surely you would want Christ to be of effect to you. People to whom Christ is of effect receive from Him the miracle they need. When He is of effect to them, He is their healer and they get healed. He is their wisdom and they are wise before man. He is their good success and they experience good success in all that they do.
Beloved, for Christ to always be of effect to you and to never nullify the grace of God operating in your life, just remember and believe that it is because of Christ and His finished work — His blood, His stripes, His death, His obedience — that you are justified, healed, prosperous and blessed!
This is a devotion from Joseph Prince's website.
I'll tell you all that this is the peace creating knowledge that I desired when I first got saved!! Meditate and take in the Grace that is given to us at a price that we can in no way pay!! But JESUS Himself payed for us!