God’s grace is like manna. Its power is diffused when we try to store it on a shelf for later. Its true potential is only realized when we pass it along to someone as undeserving as we are.
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Thought for the Day – Grace Like Manna
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged grace, manna, undeserving on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Deceitful
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged deceitful, freedom, grace, justice, license, relaxation, rest, vain imaginings on June 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Because the heart is deceitful above all things (Jer.17:9), we need to be on guard,
Lest we confuse:
The incessant need to be right with a love of righteous
Religious complacency with standing in faith
The right to choose with genuine freedom
Craving relaxation with finding rest
Vain imaginings with visions from God
Loving what someone brings to our life with loving them
Receiving God’s grace with using it as license to go our own way
Or mistake:
An insatiable desire to win with living the victorious life
A calling from God with what we want to be called
The ministry of the Comforter with being comfortable
A sense that life is unfair with a commitment to justice
Being prosperous with being a witness for Christ
Having a good heart with having God’s heart
Knowing about Jesus with knowing Jesus
Patient Grace
Posted in Free Verse / Poetry, Prayers, tagged cursing God, grace, salvation on August 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
You’re the One who gave me breath
even though You knew I’d use it to curse Your name
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You’re the One that came off Your throne to find me
even though You knew I’d go my own way
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You’re the One who gave me freedom
even though You knew I’d use it to liberate myself from You
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You’re the One who gave me gifts
even though You knew I would use them to glorify myself
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But in Your sovereignty You also knew;
that one day I would bless Your Holy name,
that I would find that my way leads to death
and
that I would see that apart from You there is no freedom nor glory
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All praise and honor and glory be unto You O Lord
My hope and my salvation!
Thought for the Day – A Big Gulp
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged blessing, dispenser, grace on May 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »
We must remember that the cup we choose to dispense grace with today will be the same one used to serve our blessings for tomorrow. (Matt 7:2, Mark 4:24, Luke 6:28) If we feel as though our lives are lacking in the area of blessing, it might be a good time to select a new dispenser.
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Three Questions
Posted in Commentaries, tagged excuses, grace, patience, rationalizations, source of truth, truth on June 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
There are three questions that the Lord routinely asks me to facilitate an attitude adjustment.
Jesus doesn’t just reveal truth, He is the embodiment of truth (John 14:6). Without Him, we simply have information. Frequently, the world convinces us that we have the facts, and from there we develop an argument, and soon we find ourselves looking for a forum to make our argument. In the midst of such moments, the Lord commonly asks me, “What do you know?” In other words, what is it that I have revealed to you about this? More often than not, I find that my passions have been stirred by some external stimulus, and that He’s not speaking about the issue at all. If I am endeavoring to live by every word that proceeds from His mouth (Matt.4:4), I can’t allow myself to be moved by such things. If He’s not speaking about it, do I need to be speaking about it? Only He has the words of life (John 6:68). The genuine Spirit of prophecy is not only saying what God is saying, it is not saying what He’s not saying.
When I reach my wits end with people (or situations), and want to throw up my hands in frustration, the Lord often chimes in with, “Is that how I handled you (or your situation)?” This instantly reminds me of the incredible patience and grace which He’s extended to me throughout my journey. Within that context, it becomes impossible to justify withholding grace from someone else.
If I have truly surrendered my life to Him, if He has become my source, if He is the vine that I abide in… than this question destroys my rationalizations and excuses. It doesn’t matter what “they” said, or did, or didn’t do… The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself as love (Gal.5:6).
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