This is what the LORD says - your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself. Isaiah 44:24

Sometimes along our journey things take place in our lives that in reality, flat out overwhelm us. It may be choices we have made that we wish we would have never made. Well here is some very good news. God's grace lets you know that there is nothing that has come your way that he cannot bring out for your good. Grace changes how and what we love and therefore our choices become, shall we say, a lot more enjoyable. On this new day may you remember and enjoy the freedom and power of his grace in your life. This day your choices are covered in grace and therefore you are free from the past condemnation that keeps trying to haunt you. Grace will let you enjoy your life without fear and you will know the joy of being renewed in the love of your Redeemer. There is nothing in your past that he cannot reform for his glory and your blessing. You and everyone around you will experience the beauty and freedom of his grace on this new day.

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me. Psalm 139:17,18 NLT

How freeing it is to know the love of God that is given in and through his grace in Jesus the Christ. Living in his love frees us from our old nature of irritations, anxiety and all forms of lust. Here, thanksgiving is alive in and through our emotions and thoughts, which become actions and words of encouragement to all around us. When we actually believe - "precious are your thoughts about me, O God," we will find ourselves in a place where smiling and joy have become our nature. On this new day may this scripture not just be some kind of statement, but a discription and desire of who you are. If that is the case, this day along with those that will come, will be overwhelmed with life, goodness and grace. Please allow yourself the freedom to enjoy!

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter 1:18-20

It is amazing what we as individuals put value on and what we value affects our thinking and our emotions, all of which impact the direction of our lives. It does seem that perishable things such as silver or gold are somehow on most people’s minds and if they can acquire a significant amount of these things they think they will personally have more value. Yet we have seen many people who have had the ability to acquire these things in great amounts and somehow still feel empty. What possibly could have more value than these things? Well, to the Lord we are more valuable than these things and we have been redeemed, refreshed and renewed with that, which is imperishable, the precious blood of Christ. On this new day may you know that nothing in your past has made you less in the grace of Jesus the Christ. Redeemed by the blood of Christ is the declaration that you are loved now and for all eternity. This is a good day to finally rest in what God has said he has done in you through Jesus the Christ.

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. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. Ephesians 1:3,5 NLT

This is a beautiful word picture of the joy and power of God’s grace. Our sin nature never blesses, it only condemns and is in constant want. Grace on the other hand blesses, and in that blessing leaves nothing out at all. Being united with Christ means we have been given the nature of Jesus the Christ in all its fullness and in his nature there is no condemnation or want. What is especially beautiful about grace is that it has nothing to do with what we have done or what our old nature was like. But bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. On this new day, with this in mind, take a deep breath and praise God for his great love of you. Your life and all its details are allowed so that you may experience the power, the beauty and the love of his grace for you. No matter whatever you have thought, know this, that God takes great pleasure in you. Now that should blow your hair back and cause you to rejoice.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

Through the journey of my life I have thought a lot about God’s grace. His grace that saves and makes new creations. At this point in my journey I like to say that grace is God’s love given in the power of Jesus the Christ’s name without any condemnation. So many people who believe in Jesus the Christ seem to live life fatigued, having emotions that feel condemned. They journey along life asking – “What would Jesus do in this circumstance?” Well, everything he would do is already done. He has given us God’s love through his grace and because of what love is, it does. The freedom of grace lets us rejoice with thanksgiving in the moment we find ourselves and this releases the freedom of God’s love to be seen and expressed naturally through us. On this new day may you let this freedom of grace be seen through your expressions, your words and your goals. This verse is a living reality of the grace of God that lives in and through you. You will really like this day. Enjoy!

All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Psalm 139:16,17

One of the great beauties of God's grace is that it gives us the ability to relax and rejoice all at the same time. Living overwhelmed by his grace gives us better hearing, of what is really around us and much better vision as to the situations we are walking through. Grace changes our values and choices which automatically impact our attitude for the day we find ourselves in. Living in a grace condition removes fears, anxiety and much of mis-trust about others. It gives the freedom to know that our Lord is involved in the journey with us and therefore we do not need to be offended so easily and we can enjoy encouraging others along their journey as we have been encouraged by our Lord. On this new day let his grace be precious to you and enjoy his attitude of kindness as it will be expressed through you. You will be pleased at the way you process info and so will those around you. This is a good day to smile and give thanks to the one who has overwhelmed you with his grace and enjoy his thoughts, bringing praise and refreshment through you. Enjoy!

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Luke 23:34

What a picture of the emotions of grace that we have here. Jesus had been falsely accused, punched in the face, spit upon, had his flesh whipped off his back, beard pulled, carried his cross to the point of overwhelming fatigue emotionally and physically, nailed to a cross and crowned with thorns. It was in this condition that he said - "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Grace goes beyond the situation and sees the love of God for the souls of men and women. In the midst of pain, grace gives the freedom to not be consumned by the bad attitude of accusers and therefore it finds a sweet relief in forgiveness. As we can see clearly here, there was and is no condemnation in the grace that is in and through Jesus the Christ. On this new day, may you enjoy that freedom of his grace that allows you to bless, encourage and forgive in such a way that the love and kindness of our Lord is seen and heard through your life and voice. You will be so relieved and refreshed that you will hardly be able to contain it. So lift up your heart and voice and praise the one who loves you. The attitude of grace will bring a delightful blessings to your relationships.

Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ. Colossians 2:8-10 NLT

Many times along our journey we look for that which will give us some fullness or a sense of meaning or completeness. For in it, we think we will find our worth and passion. Without it we seem to struggle with who we are and where we are going. If that turns out to be our way of feeling valued, we will continue to set up something that gives us a sense of fulfillment and brings us a sense of value concerning ourselves. Grace lets us experience something that is more than fame, more than wealth and more than good health, all of which do bring joy, but never seem to be enough no matter how much we have. The freshness of grace is to live in a sense of WOW. We have been given the greatest of all things, our union with Christ. There can be nothing more magnificent or fulfilling than God himself. On this new day may you acknowledge your life in Christ with a heart of thanksgiving and praise. Smile, relax and rejoice for you are dearly loved in the grace of God found in Jesus the Christ.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-3,14 

It is amazing that along our journey the joy that comes to our lives when someone of high standing or someone we really respect stops and takes the time to notice us, encourage us and have some kind of conversation with us. On that day our lives are refreshed and we usually tell someone about that moment. Well how about this; that Jesus the Christ is not a religion but the eternal one who we know as God. He became flesh and made his dwelling among us, full of grace and truth that we might know the joy of being loved without condemnation and the freedom of a new nature in him. On this new day, ponder anew that he knows your name, enjoys who you are and loves having a conversation with you. His grace will blow your hair back and you will find a real reason to rejoice on this day. You might even find yourself being mouthy, expressing encouragement and joy to others.

This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace. Colossians 1:6 NLT

So many of us think of church or Jesus the Christ as some sort of religion activity or system by which we begin to judge ourselves. If that were the case, it surely could not be called good news. Grace is eternal life expressed and given through Jesus the Christ. It is his love that makes any individual new who comes into contact with his grace. Grace is so wonderful that it changes our perspective on ourselves, on others and on the details we find ourselves in. In this place our emotions begin to express joy and thanksgiving even in some of the most difficult opportunities. No wonder John Newton called it “Amazing Grace.” On this new day let his grace give life to your views, your emotions and your thinking. God did not want you religious; he wants you alive, enjoying a life of grace that produces all kinds of wonderful encouraging words and actions in your life and the lives of others. When this is happening, it makes for a really good day.