The Laced with Grace team is currently hosting a giveaway in honor of the new design. You can will a $50 Amazon gift-card. To find out more how you can enter the giveaway, please read this post.
Also, I am sharing my thought on prayer over at the devotional blog today, March 9th.
I hope you will have time to stop over at Laced with Grace…
Current Mood:
Blessed †
“He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” ~ Colossians 1:13-14 (ESV)
Do you feel that you have disappointed God? To be honest I do some days. The way how I treat others; not always in a way He would like me to. Some days I don’t live forgiven even though I am.
Will my actions deny me entrance to heaven. No, of course not. But still…
Before I continue with this week’s look at living fearlessly, let me share a quote from ‘Fearless‘:
“‘Cash in too many mercy checks, and sooner or later one is going to bounce!’ The devil loves this line of logic. If he can convince us that God’s grace has limited funds, we’ll draw the logical conclusion. The account is empty. God has locked the door to his throne room. Pound all you want; pray all you want. No access to God.’ ~ Max Lucado (emphasis mine)
You know, I fear that when (not if) I get to heaven, that our Lord would raise an eyebrow because I didn’t follow the path He has laid out for me. I am afraid that I miss something; I miss being compassionate to someone He has put in my path…Again, what if…
In his book, Max Lucado pointed out people that have messed up ‘big-time’ (Peter, David, the Samaritan woman). Guess what? God and Jesus restore them all, forgave their sins. All three of them received grace. And you know what? So are we: forgiven and received grace.
Do I want to mess up? No, I don’t. But in my human state I do. Looking at Peter, David, and the Samaritan women, I have good company. Peter denied Christ three time (Mark 14:66-72), David took another man’s wife (2 Samuel 11), the Samaritan woman had more than one husband (John 4:1-42). Where their sins greater than mine, or visa verse? This is not the point. All sins are the same in God’s eyes. I don’t have to fear to disappoint Him – He already knows that I will slip up. He has provided my way to heaven in Christ.
I think that Casting Crowns have hit the nail right on the head when they penned the song “Who am I”. I want to close my post with the bridge of the song:
“Not because of who I am,
But because of what you’ve done.
Not because of what I’ve done,
But because of who you are.”
Thank you for stopping by today. Remember: You are forgiven, so that you can live fearlessly; you will not disappoint God.
Current Mood: Forgiven †
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” ~ Philippians 2:9-11 (ESV)
The song “City of our Knees” by Toby Mac is a song the local Christian radio station has been playing often for the past four weeks. The lyrics are marvelous…you can find them here.
Have a glorious weekend…Remember: One day all nations will know that He is God, every knee will bow and confess Jesus as Lord.
Current Mood:
Okay
“Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!” ~ Psalm 68:4 (ESV)
The month of March we are meeting up at Laurie’s place “Women Taking A Stand“. Hop on over to connect with other Thankful Thursday Bloggers.
The older I get the less I am attached to tangible things in my life. However there are some items that are in my possession that I would really, really miss…One of them is my Bible and the other item is my MP3 player (thanks to our son’s generous heart)…
You see, the player is full of music, His Word and sermons. I have the player with me daily at work. Disconnecting with the world around me, connecting with His Word and sing a song, helps me to get through the most challenging days.
One of my latest favorite album that is on the player is Chris Tomlin’s album “Hello Love”…Oh, God so blessed this man for creating songs that connect me with Him…If you have not listened to the album, you can listen to one of the songs here. Actually you can win the album at the end of March here at Grace Alone for the my 5th blogging anniversary (wow, can’t believe I have been blogging since 2005 – I guess time flies)…
This week I am thankful that I have my daily ‘companion’ to disconnect from the world to find encouragement through His Word and songs 
.
What are you thankful for this week?
Thank you for stopping by today. Remember: sometimes we need to disconnect from the world to keep the focus on the more important things.
Current Mood: Blessed † & 
Thankful
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