Claiming the Cross completed my conversion.
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He lovingly holds out His hand and offers to pull us up out of the mud and muck.
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Thankful He allows me to find that tunnel out from under all my wrongs and brings me to the foot of the cross.
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He stripped Himself down to a Child and offered us what no one else could.
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Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. God’s glory-grace given. Paul repeats the phrase “to the praise of the glory” or “to the praise of His glory” three times in Ephesians 1. Then continues two more times referring to God’s glory. Five references to glory in one chapter. Whose glory? God’s. Kept to Himself? No. In verse 6, grace bestowed on the writer and recipients of the letter. More specifically, in verse 2, “the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus.” In…
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He delights in giving you good and perfect gifts.
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Did Friday night bring sleep for red, tear-filled eyes? Or did the sorrow of the day consume the night?
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In His perfect mercy, full of grace, bent low in humility, no arrogance in His demeanor, He saved.
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Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. Philippians 1:12-14 Persecuted and imprisoned, still sharing the gospel. The very thing that placed him in his circumstance was still so worth sharing. In his imprisoned state, he shared the One that…
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And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 It’s right there. Paul said “all.” Not some. No ifs, ands or buts. God will supply all your needs. Not because you or I deserve it. Oh no! According to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. God gives what is undeserved from His goodness. Grace. God withholds what is deserved. Mercy. Even in prison, Paul’s needs were met. He experienced the supply of God. Have you experienced the supply of God? If your first reaction is no, think again. Really…