So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you.  We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.  Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.  All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.  Colossians 1:9, 10 NLT

One of the outcomes of God's grace that is given through Jesus the Christ is the confidence it gives to us. So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you.  We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.  When faith in God is very much alive in us, we find our emotions and our thoughts please the Lord, bringing a blessings to those who are around us. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. Here grace becomes the blessing to our family and the healing of emotional wounds begins to take place.  In the Word of God this is called - Good Fruit.  Let his grace through faith allow you the confidence of knowing him better and better. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.  Today let yourself know for sure that his will for you is good.  It is designed to refresh you, to delight your family, to bless your co-workers and to renew your community. Enjoy!

Work hard so you can present yourself to God and recieve his approval.  Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.  2 Timothy 2:15 NLT

Well, the life of God’s grace that is offered as a free gift through Jesus the Christ is life without any form of condemnation about who we  were or are. So, if we have received this gift of grace, encouragement is given.  Work hard so you can present yourself to God and recieve his approval.  Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed...  Grace is a powerful, joyful new life and it is relaxing at the same time. Grace gives a rebirth to our character which obviously is meant to renew our emotions and thinking. This is a wonderful example of correctly explaining the “word of truth”.  If you will allow yourself to experience God’s grace, it can make life really joyful. Therefore husbands and wives who are full of grace make really good marriages and families.  As you begin this day let your thoughts and emotions express rejoicing for his grace. Think of this, he enjoys you and loves you.   Take a deep breath and smile right down to the depth of your soul and your life will be the living example of someone who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains(and lives) the word of truth! 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 NLT

A guilty conscience is a horrible place to live, with feelings that take us to places we do not want to go. Here again we have in God's Word a wonderful picture of his grace working in and through our lives.  We are invited to go right into his presence with our emotions and intellect. Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. The idea of sincere hearts is the life of grace living within us bringing about a refreshed and renewed conscience. So, we are reminded that we now have no condemnation, guilt or shame because of the blood of Christ. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean.  So on this new day, may you enjoy your journey of grace and go right into his presence with a sincere heart fully trusting him.  As you do, enjoy the attitude of thanksgiving which will give you emotions that are renewed, refreshed and will give you the desire to rejoice.  Enjoy!

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.  1 Samuel 16:7 NIV

One of the great joys in our life is when we feel something that touches the very heart of our being.  The life of God's grace is that it takes a belief in God from the academic into a relationship with him that touches the very soul of who we are. We are a new creation in Christ Jesus.  (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV).  Grace through Jesus Christ impacts our heart like nothing else can. What is natural to grace is that our emotions become new to express love, kindness and encouragement without the feeling of any awkwardness.  Here our marriage, our children, our church"s and our relationships can be refreshed in ways that give us the desire to rejoice in our Lord. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. Today has been given to you as a gift from the Lord, may you enjoy your life in his grace.  Be willing to give God’s grace the freedom to bring rejoicing to your heart and you will find yourself renewed, refreshed and reinvigorated.  Enjoy!

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.  Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.  Ephesians 1:3, 4 NLT

When we receive God’s Grace we discover things that we were never aware of before and truthfully will continue to overwhelm us. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.  This absolutely comes about by the power of God’s grace in our life.  To know this as the truth about who we are in His grace will bring about a nature that is overwhelmed with thankfulness and praise. All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Today may you read this out loud and then shout out your thankfulness for what he accomplished in Jesus Christ in and for you.  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.  Praise the LORD!  Psalm 150:6.  ENJOY!

So think clearly and exercise self-control.  Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.  But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.  For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”  1 Peter 1:13, 15 NLT

God’s grace absolutely changes lives and produces a new nature in those who have come to know Jesus the Christ. So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.  Here is a question we should ask – “Do we think that we feel the importance of holiness as much as we should and do we know what it is? But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.  God’s grace opens the door for the Holy Spirit to come into our lives and he always reproduces what he is and that is Holy (Galatians 5:22-24),  Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  What is Christianity if we are not holy?  The very word – “Christian” means to be “Christ Like.” The power of God’s grace is this – that to be holy we must begin with Jesus the Christ.  He is the root and beginning of all holiness and the way to be holy is to come to him by faith and be joined to him.  J. C. Ryle (Holiness page 22) – “But just as we know there is a wind by the effect in produces on the waves and trees, so we may know the Holy Spirit is in a man by the effects He produces in the man’s conduct.  It is nonsense to suppose that we have the Spirit, if we do not also “walk by the Spirit.””  Today rejoice in being thankful for the gospel of the grace of God found in Jesus the Christ.  You need no longer to be afraid of looking at your sin, when you have taken God’s remedy for it – Jesus Christ our Lord!  Enjoy!

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:21, 22 NIV

Here in the Word of God are the results of a sinful life that says it knows God, but does not rejoice in Him or have thourghts and emotions of thanksgiving to Him. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him.  It is one thing to know that there is a God and quite another to know God. A belief in God that produces no love for God is a futile belief. But their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.  God’s grace is His love given as a gift, so that we are delivered from our own guilt and the power of our own sins addictions. Grace is meant to change how we view God and bring about a new creation in us which changes how we feel and think about ourselves and then others.  Grace in Jesus the Christ lets us know God in a way that renews our desires and then produces emotions of thanksgiving.  The man or woman that lives thankful in grace, automatically gives glory to God and knows his joy. So today may you know who you are by your own actions.  Choose to allow yourself the freedom in Chrisrt to delight in finding ways to be thankful.  Let God's grace express through your attitude the life of a thankful heart.  In this place you will always be known for your kindness and your blessings.  Some of the most difficult situations are changed with a heart of thanksgiving.  Enjoy!

May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O LORD, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

Psalm 69:6 NIV

Our lives can  really make a difference, for good or bad to our family, our friends, our church's and those around us.  Our response to situations has a great impact on the lives of those who know us. Living in God’s grace that is given in Jesus Christ can change our focus on life.  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God... 2 Corinthians 5:17, 18 NIV.  That is why we say,  "May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O LORD, the LORD Almighty!"   God’s Grace is full of life and joy!  There is no regret of any kind when we let the grace of Christ give direction to our thinking, emotions and responses. May those who seek you not be put to shame because of me. Today enjoy the blessing of eternal life that is in you, it is called God’s grace. Here you will find no embarrassment of any kind; in fact what you will experience is life that is rejoicing, light hearted and a sweet relief to you and those around you.  Enjoy!

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.  And be thankful.  Colossians 3:15 NIV

Life itself is just an amazing journey, when you think we all start off in the same place, as new born babies. No matter what nationality or language, for most of us we start off being cared for so that we fall in love with our parents all of which gives meaning to our relationships.  But we all discover that many of our relationships become tense, which will affect our attitudes and emotions. So in the beauty of God's grace we have to learn something, it is called “Let.”  For this to happen we have to desire the will of God. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.  This can start us off again in a new place where we can learn joy in the midst of our life. Since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.  It is here where relationships can be healed with the grace of peace. Today let in the peace that our Lord has for you.    Allow your will to be refreshed in his peace and you will have expressions, emotions and words that bring encouragement to others as well as thankfulness to you.  Enjoy!

I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.  I will sing your praises among the nations.  For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.  Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Psalm 57:9, 10 NIV

If we are willing to start our morning by being thankful to the Lord, we will find our afternoons filled with praise. I will thank you, Lord, among all people. I will sing your praises among the nations. It is refreshing to be aware of God's grace and find our life being thankful at the beginning of each new day. Something always takes place in our life when we are willing to open our mouth and give thanks to the Lord.  Why are we willing?  For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.  Today before everything else starts to get your attention, open your mouth and let your heart express your thanks and praise to the one who is always faithful to you, always loving you, then watch what happens. (Psalm 37:4) Enjoy!