For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth).  Ephesians 5:8, 9 NIV

The power of God’s grace that is found in Jesus the Christ is clearly told here.  For you were once darkness, but now you are light.  This is not an improvement or adaption, it is a new creation.  Here we are taken back to the origin of everything; a creation is bringing something out of nothing.  The beauty, the love and the power of grace is that it took darkness and turned it into light.  Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consist in all goodness, righteousness and truth). That means the freedom of grace affects the seat of our personality, our heart, our understanding and our affections.  This changes everything in how we view ourselves, our circumstances and our relationships.  Now grace can reveal itself through our speech and our actions.  On this new day may you enjoy remembering who you are because of the grace of God.  May the old habits of darkness have no place to express themselves because grace has renewed your words, your actions and even your moods.  This is a good day to give thanks to the Lord right where you find yourself.  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

Sometimes along our journey we feel or have some kind of sense that no one cares about us including God. That feeling or sense is real, but it is not telling us the truth.  Here again we have in God's Word a wonderful picture of his grace working in and through our lives. Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him.  We are invited to come into his presence with our full emotions and intellect, allowing the faith and grace he has given to express itself before him.  The idea of sincere hearts is the beauty of grace living within us bringing about trust, peace and a refreshed conscience. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean.  So here again we are reminded that we now have no condemnation, guilt or shame because of the blood of Christ.  So on this new day, may you enjoy your journey of grace and go right into his presence with the details of your life.  As you do, enjoy the attitude of thanksgiving which will give you emotions that are renewed, refreshed and will cause you to feel his peace.  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 blessings in our life is when we feel something that touches the very fiber of our being.  The power 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.  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 and our relationships are refreshed in ways that give us the desire to express praise and thanksgiving to 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. Humble your heart and give God’s grace the freedom to bring rejoicing to your emotions and you will find yourself in a very good place.  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 with praise we will continue to be overwhelmed. 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, which means to be without fault in his eyes.  This is absolutely accomplished by the power of God’s grace in our life. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.   To know this as the truth, will bring about a nature that is overwhelmed in thankfulness and praise.   Today may you read this out loud and then shout out your thankfulness for what he accomplished in Jesus Christ for you.  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.  Praise the LORD!  Psalm 150:6. NIV.  ENJOY!

No one can serve two masters.  For you will hate one and love the other, you will be devoted to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve both God and money.  That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life.  Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?  Seek the kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.  Matthew 6:24, 25, 27, 33 NLT

It is amazing that even at the beginning of creation Adam and Eve somehow began to think within themselves that their reasoning seemed to be better than what God had said.  With that reasoning they entered sin and it was there that the battles began with God and with each other. No one can serve two masters.  Men and Women all over the world are still suffering in their relationships from this logic and understanding. For you will hate one and love the other, you will be devoted to one and despise the other.  Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Humanly speaking we find ourselves much more devoted to what we see than what God has said in His Word. But it is in this condition that grace can overwhelm us and renew our thinking and our emotions.  Grace brings a new life with a new perspective of seeking the kingdom of God above all else, and to live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.  Today may you experience the life of his grace, where you will find no worry, no stress, no forms of envy and no tension.  Let his grace penetrate your heart and you will find a life that will rejoice right where you are. Seeking his kingdom and Living righteously has absolutely no regret.  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 the truth when God’s grace has penetrated our heart. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean.  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, even in the midst of our storm.  The idea of sincere hearts is the desire for his grace to live within us bringing about trust, peace and a clean conscience. So here again we are reminded that we now have no condemnation or shame 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 his presence concerning all the details of your life.  As you do, enjoy the attitude of thanksgiving which will give you emotions that are renewed and refreshed which will allow you to rejoice right where you are.  Enjoy

God made him (Jesus the Christ) 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

Sometimes through our life we seem to be confused about God’s love and grace in Jesus Christ.  We may think that God’s love and grace are some kind of religion by which we judge ourselves and others. That is so far from reality. Here is the results of God’s love and grace, God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  He took us, with all our sin and put it all on Jesus Christ, so that we might become the righteousness of God.  God’s righteousness delivers us from the penalty and power of our own sin so that we can become a new life and live as a new creation which is to be the righteousness of God. Today may you in the depth of your heart experience the renewal and life of his grace.  Allow his joy to be yours in every detail of your life as you choose to rejoice before him. Why? Because God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him (Jesus Christ) we might become the righteousness of God.  May those who meet you today experience the love and grace of our Lord through your words, your actions and your expressions.  It is a great way to live.  Enjoy!

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4 NIV

This Psalm is one of my favorites.  To delight is a very energizing thought and emotion.  It means to take great pleasure or joy in. It does not say - exhaust yourself, strain yourself, worry yourself, or condemn yourself;  it says delight yourself in the LORD.  What is so refreshing about God’s grace is that it creates a genuine delight for the Lord and that changes the intent of our desires. Today let His Grace penetrate your soul and you will find a great joy in delighting in the Lord.  If you will allow this grace of delighting yourself in the LORD to be who you are each new day, things will happen in your journey that will be overwhelming with joy. Those around you will experience that life that is called eternal.  Kindness and encouragement will be just who you are and each day will seem like you opened a new gift.  Enjoy!

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives.  Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives.  Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.  And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:16, 17 NLT

When we were young we began to learn the importance of who we are and what we are called.  Our name and the name of our family became important.  A good question to ask is - "When someone uses your name, what comes to their mind?" In grace there is a richness and a joy in who you are because of the Lord Jesus the Christ. Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. When God’s grace has been received in the heart of a man or woman an eternal change has taken place.  So the word is given “Let.”  To Let means “to allow, give permission, authorize and to enable.” So when you “Let,” God’s grace in Christ creates new emotions which sound like – sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Today Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives.  Think of who you are now because of the grace of our Lord.  Whatever you do or say can give refreshment to those around you. Today is a good day for people to know your name.  Enjoy!

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."  And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. Luke 23:34 NLT

Have ever wondered what the love of God looks like?   Just read these words.  Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.  This love is given by God’s grace and it is not religious at all, it is life and it is called eternal, holy and joy. Jesus had been falsely accused, punched in the face, spit upon, lashed, carried his cross to the point of overwhelming fatigue, nailed to a cross and crowned with thorns.  It was in that condition that he said - "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."  Grace gives the love of God to the souls of men and women because that is what it is. There was and is no condemnation in the grace that is in Jesus the Christ.  Today, enjoy that life of his grace that allows you to bless, you to encourage and for you to forgive in such a way that the love of our Lord is seen and heard through your life. You will be so renewed that you will hardly be able to contain it and Lord willing you won’t contain it. It will burst for in praise and this will be a day to remember. Enjoy!