God's grace

I think alot of us fall into the trap of thinking that we have fallen too far to be forgiven, that what we have done precludes us from the grace of God.  I certainly did.   What many of us don't consider is that our God knows the end from the beginning.  On the day that he made us our God knew every sin that we would committ, every unkind word or thought, every evil thing that we would do or say.  What did God do knowing all the bad things that we would do?  Well, he made us anyway he loved us so much that he made us knowing that we would fall.  So, when you think that what you have done precludes you from God's grace, remember that what has happened is no surprise to Him, he knew everthing that we would say, think or do from our begining and he made us anyway.  Repentance and acceptance of Jesus is not just about not going to hell, it's also about getting closer to God, fixing our relationship with him.

Romans 5: 8-11

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.9 And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation.10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. Romans 10: 9-13 9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.11 As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced."12 Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.13 For "Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved."

God sent Jesus as the perfect sacrifice for our sins, so that we would not have to be separated from him by sin.

John 3:16-17
16 "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

Mark 10:45
45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Romans 3: 23-26
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.24 Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

I'm tired...

I'm otired of our habit of always looking for an explanation in the natural everytime that something good happens or goes the way that we want it to.   Why are we so willing to ask God for his help in our lives, but so reluctant to give Him the credit and the glory when He answers our prayers?  We are, after all, asking God to intervene in our lives because there is a situation that seems impossible, or there seems to not be a way through your problems.  So when God answers our prayers, when he makes the impossible possible and makes a way where there was no way, we should be praising and thanking him not trying to explain away our blessings as the product of something as mundane or nonexistant as luck. 

"Luck is for atheists, I rely on a hire power."