I came to give life—life in all its fullness. John 10:10

Encourage One Another

By Max Lucado

When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need—words that will help others become stronger.  Ephesians 4:29

You have the ability, with your words, to make a person stronger.  Your words are to their soul what a vitamin is to their body.

Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged.  Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down!  Speak words that make people stronger.  Believe in them as God has believed in you.

You are Unique

By Max Lucado

Each of us is an original.  Galatians 5:26, The Message

There are certain things you can do that no one else can.  Perhaps it is parenting, or constructing houses, or encouraging the discouraged.  There are things thatonly you can do, and you are alive to do them. 

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

My wish for you this Holy Season

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What is grace?

By Max Lucado

 

“My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.” 2 Corinthians 12:9

What is grace? It’s what someone gives us out of the goodness of his heart, not out of the perfection of ours. The story of grace is the good news that says when we come, he gives. That’s what grace is . . .
Grace is something you did not expect. It is something you certainly could never earn. But grace is something you’d never turn down.

My thoughts for the week..for whatever it is worth :0)

God alone controls the world and nothing happens that He is not aware of.  Jesus came to save anyone who would humbly accept that only God can provide the sacrifice needed for salvation, His birth, death and resurrection.  His salvation is given as a free gift to anyone who accepts it in love. 

Faith alone pleases God but we should not use our freedom as a weapon against our neighbors. Who are our neighbors?……..every person born is our neighbor. We should treat everyone with love and respect… EVERYONE.

 There is hypocrisy in God’s house but He will correct it, it is not our job. Christians are supposed to show God’s love to a dying world that others may be saved. God wants that no one perish, no not one!