Grace

His Grace ~

Grace. As human beings, grace is one of the, if not THE most important thing in our Christian life. Without Jesus' grace, we would not be here. And we would not be saved.

"For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God."

Grace is a gift. A FREE gift, for all to recieve, and all to enjoy. Nevertheless, we have to CHOOSE  to RECIEVE IT. Jesus will not force His grace on you, because that is not love.  Love is a choice. A choice that you, and only you, can make for yourself.

"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldy lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious apperaring of our great God and Savior Jesus Chirst, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, ZEALOUS for good works."

Titus 2:11-14

    Jesus' grace has POWER. His grace is what separates His children from everyone else.

But, as it is the most important thing, it is also one of the most attacked things. God's Word says that it is His GRACE that leads us to repentance. Satan know that, and He attacks. But we can stand, and claim Christ's promise that His grace is ALWAYS enough.

2 Corinthians 12:9

"And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

Jesus is perfect. He is everything we need, and His is and always will be ENOUGH. As His children, lets claim His promise of grace, and let His power rest upon us, that His strength will be made perfect in our weakness'. HE IS FOR US.

2 Corinthians 9:8

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work."

Feel inefficient? that's because WE ARE. His grace is what makes us able, abundant, for every good work. When we fail, we trust His grace to pick us back up again. But,

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? CERTAINLY NOT! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?"

Romans 6:1-2

Just because He gives grace freely, grace NEVER gives us the right to sin. On the contrary, His grace should lead us far from it, to be humbled in His sight. Who are we to deserve this grace?

"Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you thing that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirt who dwells in us yearns jealousy? But He gives MORE GRACE. Therfore, He says:  God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

James 4:6

Jesus is in LOVE with us. If ask Him to live in us, we are HIS,  and He wants all of us. But how many times do we ignore the One who gave Himself for us, and seek after the empty things of thw world? Yet Jesus gives us more grace. His grace should cause to be humbled, because we so severely deserve the opposite. His wrath. But Christ's kid's will never experience His grace. We will only ever experince His discipline, which is grace, because without it, we may forget His love and fall away. We have to trust Him. Therefore, we are His, and FREE form all secret sin and shame. Do  not allow the enemy to tempt you to doubt. Never doubt His grace He loves us.

Romans 8:1/31-19

"There is therefore now NO CONDEMNTATION to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.  For the law of the spirit of life in CHrist Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and deat. For what the LAW of the Spirit could NOT  do, in that it was weak through the flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteousl requirement of the law migh tbe fulfilled in us who do NOT walk according  to the FLESH,  but according to the SPIRIT...if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await for it with perseverence. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He sho searches the hearts knows what he mind of the Spirit is,because He amkes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined, ..these He also called, these He also justified, these whom He justified He also glorified. (here comes my favorite part..;) "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?  It is GOD who justifies. Who is He who condems? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession of us. Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine.. or peril or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerers through HIM WHO LOVED US. ..Nor any other created thing, shall be able to separated us from the love of God tha is in Christ Jesus OUR LORD."

He is OUR God. Jesus Christ, who loves us, and pours out His grace. He longs to give us His grace and the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT. Lets give in to Him. Lets surrender. Surrender to His grace. He is with you. He loves you. He is reaching for you. Accept His grace, and be EMPOWERED by it.

Be blessed!

"Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined (known before-hand) us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the ggood pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of HIS GRACE, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved."

God's Love~

Christ's grace and love is SO amazing!!! These are pics of a Purity Conference we did at our church. Waiting on GODS pick of a husband is TOTALLY worth it. I've seen it. It is His grace alone that satisfies, and keeps us, and will give us the grace to wait...

 We were asked to speak a little on  what spoke to us from the  Bible study we did, then dad spoke a little on what I meant to him. It was a precious moment.~