Grace for your spirit 7-29-16

Grace for your spirit

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.  Colossians 3:17

Life is much easier and more rewarding when we decide in advance that all our words and deeds will be in the name of the Lord.  If we have to decide with every word and deed how we will live, it can be difficult and very inconsistent.   When we make Jesus #1 in our lives, and make a commitment that everything will be according to His will, then our words and deeds will follow Him.  And so will our thankfulness.  Let's commit now and avoid the crunch later.

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Grace for your spirit

Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord.  And He will have compassion on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.  Isaiah 55:6-7

God is always near and ready to have compassion on us.  Jesus paid the price for our pardon.  It is not God that has lost contact with us, but are sins cloud our view of His grace.  When we have the presence of mind to see Him, and the desire to call on Him, let's do it now.  He can help us forsake our ways and change our thoughts.  Let's make His ways, our ways.

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Grace for your spirit

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which came down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.  John 6:49-50

Jesus proclaimed Himself to be the bread of life that came down from heaven.  When we read His Words, make Him our Savior, and possess His Spirit, the bread of life saves us.  An old hymn asks Jesus to break the bread of life for us, multiplying it for us like He multiplied the loaves for the multitudes. Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall, and I shall find my peace, my all in all.  The bread of life builds a strong spiritual life.  No carbs, no calories, and tastes great.

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Grace for your spirit

Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right.  This day is a day of good news,but we are keeping silent; If we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us.  Therefore, come, let us go and tell the kings's household.  II Kings 7:9

Four lepers were under a death sentence at the gates of Samaria.  God gave them deliverance, drove off the enemy and they were overcome with food and riches.  Suddenly they realized they had to share.  We too sit under a death sentence until the blood of Jesus comes to us.  It is not information that we should keep to ourselves.  This is a day of good news.  Good news to be shared.  We can help others dying in sin with a good word.  Let's not delay

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Grace for your spirit

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.  II Corinthians 5:21

Are you a good trader?  Do you know when you have walked away with a bargain?  Does God have a deal for us!  Through the cross, God allows us to trade with Jesus.  He takes our sins that condemns us, and He trades us for His righteousness that saves us.  Let's take that deal, and walk away with our heads held high, and a smile on our faces.

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Grace for your spirit

Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. Genesis  19:29

God talked with Abraham before He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham bargained with God to save the city because of Lot and his family.  In the end, the cities were destroyed, but Lot and his family were allowed to be saved.  God saved Lot because of Abraham's intercession.  Jesus went to the cross to become our mediator and intercessor.  We are saved by His life.  When the end comes, God will remember Jesus and save us.  Let's maintain a close relationship with our Savior each day.

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Grace for your spirit

For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.  But he who practices the truth comes to the light that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.  John 3:19-20

Evil thrives in the darkness.  Burglars work in the dark.  Muggers work in the dark.  Bugs run in the dark.  Bats fly in the dark. People sneak around in the dark.  Light is the enemies of all these.  Their judgment is Jesus coming into the world.  He is light and in Him is no darkness at all.  All must leave the darkness,and come to Him or perish in the dark.  We will make our best decisions in His light.