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"Your salvation is not a reward for good behavior! It was a grace thing from start to finish; you had no hand in it. Even the gift to believe simply reflects His faith! (Ephesians 2:8-Mirror)

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith...”

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Jesus you have won me! Because you are, I can be! I am hidden and safe in you! I am restored to innocence in you! Because you have always been and always will be ‘I Am’; I am also! My reality does not exist apart from You, Your Father and Holy Spirit

Contagious: communicable by contact, catching, exciting similar emotions or conduct (i.e. your enthusiasm is contagious)
Will those I come in contact with today catch love from me? Will my presence be communicable with love? Will my loving character e

“Though being in the form of God, equality with God He did not count a prize to seize. Rather, He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness. And found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death, de

Jesus Is In the ‘Hood’
For those of you who are my age, ‘hood’ is slang for neighborhood. “The word became flesh and blood, and moved into the (hood) neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Gen

"Still, it's what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he gives himself as an offering for sin so that he'd see life come from it--life, life, and more life. And God's plan will deeply prosper through him. Out of that

Nurtured by Courage
“What times I am afraid, I will trust in God.” That seems to be more often than not, in these days. Much of what fuels the cultures of our world systems is fear. Entire economic strategies succeed or fail, based largely on fear. Me

Following are some words from Papa’s heart that are imperative if we are to make it through these difficult days. When received, they will strengthen you for whatever the journey has for you. All of creation is groaning for the sons and daughters of

Wrong questions are the breeding ground of doubt, despair and unbelief. I know; I've asked the wrong questions for almost sixty-two years. But, in the midst of those questions mercy, grace, atonement and the answer burst its way into my darkened ques

The struggle of the centuries has been to free the soul from narrow interpretations and distorted perception.

For example: “The world is still waiting to see Jesus as He is: Jesus the magnificent, Jesus the giant, Jesus the compassionate, and Jesus th

The Grace of Jesus brings true context to our lives. If you examine your meaning by any other context, you cheapen your worth. Also, relationships viewed through the lenses of Grace take on an unalterable value. Apart from Grace we tend to use people

"So I got up, went out and roved the city, hunting through streets and down

Alleys. I wanted my lover in the worst way! I looked high and low, and didn't

find him. And then the night watchmen found me as they patrolled the darkened

city. 'Have you seen

Wrong questions are the breeding ground of doubt, despair and unbelief. I know; I've asked the wrong questions for almost sixty years. But, in the midst of those questions mercy, grace, atonement and the answer burst its way into my darkened question

10 He (Jabez) was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, "Oh that you would bless me and extend my lands! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!" And God granted him his request. (1 Chron. 4:10, NLT)

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Practice is the only way to improve at anything. The word "practice" means "learning by repetition". What you prioritize and practice; with repetitive action, will be mastered in time. If we take an honest, soul searching personal inventory, we are l

John 12:24-25 (Msg) “Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.” Life is in the grain of wheat, but there is a shell on the outside. As long as that shell is not split open, the life an

Nurtured by Heaven’s Embrace

Indulge your ‘inner person’ for a moment of reflection and hopeful fresh revelation. We are so quick to ‘indulge’ our ‘outer person’. You know that extra brownie, and five more minutes under the warm covers on a cold winte

Honestly, there are times I feel the other team; Satan and his minions, display such power that I just want to crawl into a corner and pull a ‘blanky’ over my head. Or at the very least: I cower, and acquiesce to my declared enemies. The ‘dark side,’