grace

Once in a while, out of the insanity and fog we call life, someone steps up and shows us all what grace looks like in practice: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/botham-jean-s-brother-told-amber-guyger-i-forgive-you-n1062076 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and...

It has been said that love is a CHOICE we make. And in many ways, so is HOLINESS. Yes, Jesus did the most important part (on the Cross) — and the Holy Spirit lives in us (If we are born again - John 1:12,13) and empowers us — but He did not make us ROBOTS who always do the right thing, no matter...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 4:17 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “You Never Let Go.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Timothy 1:1-14 (ESV). The Promise (vv. 1-2) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ...

Monday, June 6, 2016, 5:32 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “All Through the Night.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Corinthians 11-12 (Select vv. ESV). Hardships and Persecutions (11:24-29) Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three...

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 5:36 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Seek the Lord.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 (ESV). The Fear of the Lord (5:11-15) Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I...

Saturday, May 28, 2016, 3:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “He Keeps Me Singing.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 (ESV). The God of all Comfort (vv. 1-7) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church...

Thursday, April 28, 2016, 5:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “I Do Not Seal My Lips.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Romans 5:1-5 (ESV). Justified by Faith (v. 1) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...

Hey guys, I was blown away by this statement Paul made in Galatians 5:6: "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love." NKJV Faith working through love! I have been researching faith these past few months because it is a very...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 4:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “My Sheep.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 15:1-19 (ESV). The Old Way and the New Way (vv. 1-5) But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to...

Thursday, March 31, 2016, 4:52 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “All We Like Sheep.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 1:1-11 (ESV). After His Suffering (vv. 1-3) In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day...

Sunday, March 20, 2016, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “Jesus Paid It All.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read John 13:1-17 (ESV). He Loved His Own (vv. 1-4) Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this...

This is a song about how Jesus paid the debt for our sins, and how we should praise him and adore him for dying for our sins, and for offering us the free gift of salvation from sins. Oh, how I praise and thank the Lord Jesus for saving me from my sins. I thank him and praise him for his...

Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 4:45 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “He Keeps Me Singing.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Matthew 12:14-21 (NASB). But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew...

Thursday, December 17, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “No Less.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Matthew 5:17-20 (NASB). “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until...

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 6:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Oh, To Be Like Thee.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Jeremiah 32:36-42 (NASB). “Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king...

This is a song of praise to God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has blessed those of us who are his with every spiritual blessing in Christ. That means that we have been given all we ever need for every situation in our lives through our faith in Jesus Christ. He is all we need...

Sunday, October 18, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Your Grace Divine.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 61:1-3 (NASB). The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind...

The Lord Jesus had just spoken to my heart this morning concerning how his divine discipline via trials, tribulations, troubles and hardships is a gift of his grace to his church. I was reading in Isaiah 29. What the Lord taught me was that God brings into our lives, or else he permits in our...

All that I have was given to me by the Lord Jesus. John 1:12 says that, to those who receive Jesus Christ; to those who believe on his name, he gives the right to become children of God. John 3:16 says that “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him...