September 30, 2011 07:08
For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived…But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by…
I found this verse as I was reading and praying about forgiving someone of a very hurtful debt that accumulated over many years and through many circumstances. I have chosen to forgive and am laying it at the feet of Jesus, but I also know that it will be a…
At the cross we can find freedom from self, hopelessness, ignorance, pettiness, performance based love, and trying to conform to the expectations of others. It all starts with surrender. Mary gave into total surrender as God told her that she would bear a son out of wedlock: “Behold, the bondslave…
“…for we walk by faith, not by sight…” 2 Corinthians 5:8 Whenever there is the word “for” in the Bible, you should look what is before it to find out what it is there for! The verse before this says that while we are at home in the body we…
“Much more then, having now been justifed by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through HIm.For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been recondciled, we shall be saved by His life. And…
“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.” Psalm 51:1 I love this sincere prayer of confession and repentance of David the King. He knows that he cannot earn forgiveness; he knows that he doesn’t deserve grace…