Day 2: Amazing Grace
- Joni
- Jul 2
- 4 min read
AMAZING GRACE
came to earth,swaddled in a manger.
GRACE~the beating heart of GOD.
GRACE~THE GIFT for
oneand FOR ALL.
Oh,
the power of GRACE,when you RECEIVE it
with
ALL of you.
And how do you RECEIVE GRACE?
"JESUS replied,
'Love the LORD your GOD with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind'."
(Matthew 26:37).
TO LOVE GOD with your ALL
is to
RECEIVE JESUS with your ALL. For HIS GRACE never fails.
For JESUS never fails.
And when I choose to
LOVE GOD with MY ALL
it is as though the Red Sea parts before me.
To LOVE with my ALL
is to
SEEK HIM with my ALL.
And when I do
I experience a
CHRISTMAS of the HEART,
for JESUS GRACES me.
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,that saved a wretch like me."
For HIS GRACE
has taught me the true meaning of one simple word:
ALL.(Matthew 22:37).
For HIS GRACE~
silences the questioning Zechariah in me and teaches me to believe
like Mary,
trusting that CHRIST lives within me. (Luke 1:45),
For HIS GRACE~
baptizes me with the Holy Spirit,
empowering me whenever I choose to surrender and plug into HIS power. (Acts 1:8)
For HIS GRACE~
enables me to walk in victory through the wilderness
by placing HIS WORD on my lips to overcome the tempter.(Luke 4:4)
For HIS GRACE~
fulfills Isaiah 61, preaching Good News to my poor spirit,
breaking the prisons I have built with my own hands,
and setting me free. (Luke 4:18)
For HIS GRACE~
gives me the courage to simply “Just Do It”,
to daily lay down my nets and follow JESUS wherever HE leads.(Luke 5:11)
For HIS GRACE~
heals the paralytic within me, because JESUS forgives me so thatI can finally walk away from the things that have kept me bound.(Luke 5:24).
For HIS GRACE~
feeds my hungry soul and blesses me even in the seasons of woe.(John 6:35).
For HIS GRACE~
turns my mourning into dancing.(Psalm 30:11).
For HIS GRACE~
accepts and loves me through rejection, criticism, and insult.(Luke 6:22),
For HIS GRACE~
removes the plank from my own eye one painful piece at a time,
teaching me to do unto others as I would have them do unto me.(Luke 6:31).
For HIS GRACE~
restores broken relationships as I extend the forgiveness HE first gave to me.(Ephesians 4:32)
For HIS GRACE~
strengthens the shaky foundation of my life as I stop merely
hearing HIS WORD and begin living it.(James 1:22)
For HIS GRACE~
breaks my alabaster jars of pride and sin at HIS feet, washing me clean.(Luke 7:47).
For HIS GRACE~
pulls the weeds and thorns from my heart so the seed of
HIS WORD can take deep root. (Luke 8:15)
For HIS GRACE~
shines through me whenever I choose to give HIM all the glory.(Matthew 5:16)
For HIS GRACE~
teaches me to trade the approval of people
for the approval of GOD, carrying His cross without shame.(Galatians 1:10).
For HIS GRACE~
calms the performance-driven Martha within me. (Luke 10:42)
For HIS GRACE~
opens doors as I ask, seek, and knock with confidence. (Luke 11:9)
For HIS GRACE~
humbles the Pharisee in me.(Luke 18:14)
For HIS GRACE~
reminds me that if my
HEAVENLY FATHER cares for the sparrows,
HE certainly cares for me.(Luke 12:7)
For HIS GRACE~
finds me every time I begin wandering toward my own way.(Luke 15:4)
For HIS GRACE~
.thins away everything unnecessary so I can pass through the narrow gate.(Matthew 7:14)
For HIS GRACE~
changes my persistence from pursuing my own desires
to passionately seeking HIS face first.(Matthew 6:33).
For HIS GRACE~
allows me to experience HIS Kingdom here on earth like never before.(Luke 17:24)
For HIS GRACE~
continuously reminds me that the word 'impossible' does not exist in GOD'S vocabulary.(Luke 1:37.)
And the beautiful part is that
HE isn’t finished with me yet.(Philippians 1:6)
When I stumble,HE lifts me up. (Psalm 37:24)
When I fall,HE washes me clean with forgiveness.(1 John 1:9)
When I wander,HE gently leads me back to the right path.(Psalm 23:3)
How I long to follow HIM perfectly.
Yet even when I fail,
HIS GRACE reminds me that HIS LOVE has never depended on my performance.
It has always depended on HIS FAITHFULNESS.(2 Timothy 2:13)
For HIS GRACE is not finished with me.
For HIS GRACE is not finished with you.
For HIS GRACE finds you.
For HIS GRACE forgives you.
For GRACE transforms you into the likeness of HIS SON.
(Romans 8:29)
GRACE upon GRACE~
“From HIS fullness we have all received, grace upon grace”(John 1:16).
Spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing.
FAVOR upon FAVOR.
Gift heaped upon gift.
All from the fullness of JESUS.
JUST JESUS.
J.ESUS
O.nly
Y.OU
Will you join me and
choose to receive
HIS GRACE,
to rest in HIS MERCY,
to walk in HIS TRUTH,
and to give HIM all the GLORY?
May you experience the amazing power of
GOD'S WORD as you walk through the Scriptures
with HIM
discovering again and again
that HIS GRACE never fails.
FOR GRACE was born in Bethlehem, MERCY was purchased at Calvary, TRUTH walked out of the Empty Tomb.
FOR GRACE is here.
OH CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
FOR
"IT IS AMAZING GRACE"
(listen to the song below)
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