He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.  1 Corinthians 1:8, 9 NIV

The grace of God that is given to us in Jesus the Christ has this promise, “He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  It is his grace that keeps us strong through the storms and opportunities of life. It is because of his grace in Jesus Christ that we will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  This is the promise of his grace that is given. God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.  Grace is always renewing and brings with it a positive perspective which can be experienced as peace and joy.  Today relax in the truth of his Word. Let your faith in Him and His Word live through your day! Let your old sinful thinking and emotions that do not take you where you hoped to go, be lost in the life of his grace.  The gift of grace will bring a delightful attitude, a refreshing emotion and wonderful thoughts.  Today, may those who come in contact with you have a visible picture of God’s Amazing Grace.  Enjoy!

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures.  Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.  But – When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.  He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.   Titus 3:3-5 NLT

Sin, what a sad state of affairs.  Think how it has controlled our life from the beginning.  Before we could hardly speak, somehow we knew how to through fits, which was to get our own way no matter who our parents were.  Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient.  We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures.  We were not taught how to be selfish or to lie or to envy or to lust.  It just came naturally as we matured through life.  Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.  It was while we were in this condition that God offered his grace, which is his kindness and love.  When a man or woman receives the grace of God a new nature is given which is meant to change the direction of life now and forever.  He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.  Today, may you know for sure that you have received his kindness and love in and through Jesus the Christ.  You will know because of the joy that is yours - He washed away your sins, giving you a new birth and a new life through the Holy Spirit.  When our faith is real in what our Lord has said here it should naturally bring about praise and thanksgiving from the depth of your soul to the glory of God.  Enjoy!

Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.  For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean.  Hebrews 10:22 NIV

Let’s be honest, one of our biggest struggles through life is the feelings we have about ourselves. Our guilty consciences. That feeling is real, but it is not telling us the truth when God’s grace has penetrated our heart.  Here in God's Word we have a wonderful invitation – Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.  We are invited to come into his presence with all our emotions, with all our thoughts, even in the midst of our opportunities.  The idea of sincere hearts is the desire for his grace to live within us, bringing about the freedom of a cleansed conscience. So here again we are reminded that we now have no guilt, shame or embarrassment because of the blood of Christ. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean. So today, enjoy your life of grace and go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.  As you do, enjoy the attitude and emotions of praise and thanksgiving which will give you desires that are refreshed and that will allow you to rejoice right where you find yourself.  Enjoy

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ is this way is pleasing to God and approved by man. Romans 14:17,18 NIV  

Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is the essence of what it means to live in the grace of Jesus the Christ.  For without the kingdom of God being formed in us, we are slaves to old unhealthy habits, emotions and attitudes.  But in Christ we have been given grace so that we may live in the freedom of  his righteousness, which produces his peace, which gives us joy in the Holy Spirit.  Jesus Christ gave us a picture of the impact the kingdom of God is to make in a man or woman’s life. “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?  It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.  Luke 13:20, 21 NIV.  The kingdom of God is the product of the Holy Spirit and it is for all who receive the grace of God in Jesus Christ. After hearing the Lord pray so many times, the disciples asked him to teach them to pray with the same intimacy for the Father that he had.  Here is what he taught them. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done…  Matthew 6:9 NIV.  So we have to make it personal.  I hallowed your name, I ask for your kingdom, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit to be formed in me and I desire your will in my life so I repent of my sinful nature to you.  Today could be one of the most awesome days you have ever had.  May you desire his kingdom and his will for your life, now and forever!!! Enjoy!

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

If you have ever wondered if God loved you, just look at this.  God took Jesus Christ and put him into our world.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  John 3:17 NIV.  Sin is condemning and caustic in all of its nature.  But God has a different plan for man, Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness." Genesis 1:26 NIV.  That here is called righteousness.  Righteousness is the deliverance from the guilt and deliverance from the power of our own sin. It is holy, pure, peaceful and full of joy! It is the gift of God’s grace through Jesus Christ. It is being a new creation in Him.  We cannot earn it or achieve it on our own.  It must be received as a gift and once received it is yours forever.  Question – How much does God love us?  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.  Today may you receive this gift of grace and know this righteousness of God that has been provided through Jesus the Christ.  Once this gift of righteousness is received it is yours now and forever.  Enjoy!

Everything that does not come from faith is sin.  Romans 14:23 NIV

Wow! So what is faith?  Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the living confidence in what God has said is absolute truth. It is not an academic thought, it is the certainty that God is; and without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.  Hebrews 11:6. Through faith we can receive his grace in Jesus Christ. It is the gift of God and it is living. I like to think of it this way, that grace is the living water and faith is the channel along which the beauty of grace flows down to recreate our thoughts and emotions into a new creation in Jesus the Christ.  In grace through faith there is no tension, irritablity or anger, so that our thoughts and emotions can experience righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, sometimes in some of the most difficult situations.  Today let yourself experience the life called faith by the grace of our Lord.  In grace there is no sin, no regret, no doubt and no fear.  Now that is freedom!!! Enjoy!

If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand?  But with you there is forgiveness. Psalm 130:3, 4 NIV

Sometimes in our life, we keep the records of others sins and even our own sins.  We find ourselves in a place of condemnation and in this condition forgiveness is hard to ask for and even harder to live out.  Our emotions seemed to be overwhelmed with all the wrong memories. Yet the One who has the right to keep good records of our sins, doesn’t because of His Grace. If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand? Because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Lord removes the record of our sins by giving to us His grace without any condemnation about ourselves or others. But with you there is forgiveness.  In grace there is a life that refreshes us right down to the depth of our soul, that means all our thoughts and emotions. Today be willing to enjoy this life of forgiveness that is yours through the grace found in Jesus the Christ.  Let all who come in contact with you feel the freedom of your joy in His grace.  God fully intended that his grace would overwhelm you in all the right ways and joy, kindness along with all forms of encouragement will be the results of grace in you.  That is just what grace does in a man or a woman who is willing to receive it.  Enjoy!