For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no-one can boast. Ephesians 2, 8 & 9
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18th January Different thoughts Live today as if it would be your last day of life. One day each man will appear before God. Church is a workshop and not a dormitory. We are righteous; the grace of God is the beginning, the blood of Christ is the foundation, faith is the medium to appropriate righteousness and the change of behaviour is the proof. It is not surprising that faith in Jesus enters into conflict with the world; indeed the world put the Son of God on the cross, declared war with heaven and has to be judged. Christ who was rejected has defeated the world and through faith we can have part of his victory. Christ has given us an unlimited credit with his Father. Let us use his name to know what Jesus is pleased with. When we experience one hardship we easily forget the other blessings of the Lord. Satisfaction is not there where we have everything but there where we are happy with what we have. |