-Blessings of the Lord to everyone!
I was going to start a new thread on 'GRACE', but there is so MUCH MORE to it, than just a nice little word, and we were saved by 'grace'. We need to truly get ahold of what our Lord did for us, for His saving us, and for our soon-to-be- home going to be with Him in Heaven. He gives us 'grace' on a daily basis. So we will carry this onward as the Lord leads. God richly bless you with His LOVE, GRACE, and MERCY! ~~
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--God’s Best Idea
-By: Max Lucado

Your dad makes you come to church, but he can’t make you listen. At least that’s what you’ve always muttered to yourself. But this morning you listen because he speaks of a God who loves prodigals, and you feel like the worst sort of one. You can’t keep the pregnancy a secret much longer. Soon your parents will know. The preacher will know. He says God already knows. You wonder what God thinks!

Grace is God’s best idea. Rather than tell us to change, he creates the change. Do we clean up so he can accept us? No, he accepts us and begins cleaning us up. What a difference this makes.

Can’t forgive your past? Christ can, and he is on the move, aggressively budging you from graceless to grace-shaped living. Forgiven people forgiving people. Deep sighs of relief.

Grace is everything Jesus!
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[We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. We must stay in an attitude of repentance. Yes, even for those little things like being rude, arguing with our spouse, even with our children. Everything against a Holy and Righteous God is 'SIN', and we ALL do it.

As you just read above from Max L, when we step out of the 'will of God' there is a price to pay. So, Jesus steps in and tells us, 'I'll clean that up for you if you want me to.'. He's already forgiven us! He's just waiting for us to ASK HIM TO HELP US WHILE WE ARE IN THIS MESS! And He will, if we just ask, remember to confess sins, and repent. He will show us where we step out of bounds. The Holy Spirit will convict us, and our conscience will tell us. And Jesus will help us! Hallelujah! Run to Jesus! He's as close as the mention of His Name.~~]