This was posted a while back, but I feel it is better served here.Good Morning:I am so excited about this âNew Dayâ, life is good and every moment is precious.After I came home last night, the word âGraceâ, âHopeâ and “Purpose” flooded my mind and gave me extra energy. I was tired, yet not in the usual comma that I fall into after 9:30. My mind was set on the heavenlies. I could hardly wait to get up and seek nourishment from morning time with the Lord. I was drawn to the same words, Grace, Hope and Purpose.I was looking for the info so share with this group a book for our summer session. I spent some time reading up on the â31 Day to Cleanâ book I told you about. I was working on writing up a brief description to post to the group. I was so blessed by one of the quotes in the introduction, it was about Grace.Please, everyone, take a minute and soak this in..Tulian Tchividjian: âLesson number one, I never realized how much Iâve become dependent on human approval until God took it away. I didnât even realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didnât even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of. The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of Godâs grace. My daily sins require daily distribution of Godâs grace.Paul Tripp: âHow is your present disappointment, discouragement, or grief a window on what has actually captured your heart?â When we depend on anything smaller than God to provide us with the security, significance, meaning, and value that we long for, God will love us enough to take it away. Much of our anger and bitterness, therefore, is God prying open our hands and taking away something weâve held onto more tightly than him.âTulian Tchividjian: From his sermon on âThe Gospel of Sufferingâ expounding on Jobâs sweeping losses and his response to those losses in chapters 1 and 2. âJobâs maintained his joy and perspective in a season of suffering because he held onto a robust theology of grace. Job knew that he was not entitled to anything he hadâGod held the title to everything. He knew that everything he had was on loan from Godâhis money, his relationships, his place in society, his family. Because he understood that he was an owner of nothing and a steward of everything he was able to say, âI came with nothing from the womb; I go with nothing to the tomb. God gave me children freely then, He took them to himself again. At last I taste the bitter rod, my wise and ever blessed Godâ (John Piper). While he loved his health and children and reputation and role and wealth, he didnât locate his identity in those things.âBless you as you travel down this, remarkable journey home. Thank you for sharing it with me and investing your heart and soul for the benefit of all. I have been encouraged, amazed, jilted (correction is not always easy to take) but always, comforted by your love and care. Keep praying, seeking, but most of all, bathing in His endless mercy and grace.
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