Category Archives: God’s Grace & Love

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August 21, 2013

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Forgiveness, God's Grace & Love

God’s Grace

O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. [Psalm 139:1-4 (NLT)]

In spite of knowing everything about us, God loves us. He knows our weakness and failures, our flaws and sins. He even knows our deepest darkest secrets. And yet, God loves us simply because He made us and we are His. This knowledge of God’s grace truly is too great for me to comprehend! Thank you, God, for loving your children no matter how unlovable we may happen to be.

How unutterably sweet is the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows us completely. No talebearer can inform on us; or enemy can make an accusation stick; no forgotten skeleton can come tumbling out of some hidden closet to abash us and expose our past; no unsuspected weakness in our characters can come to light to turn God away from us, since He knew us utterly before we knew Him and called us to Himself in the full knowledge of everything that was against us. [A. W. Tozer, from “The Knowledge of the Holy”]

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August 6, 2013

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God's Grace & Love, God's Promises

We Can’t Earn What is Freely Given

I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love. [John 15:9 (GW)]

Lord Jesus, I don’t deserve your love and there is nothing I can do to earn it. Forgive me when I exhaust myself in an effort to prove my worth and importance. Let me rest in your love, secure in the knowledge that, although I can never merit your love, you love me simply because I am yours. Thank you.

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August 2, 2013

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God's Grace & Love, Wisdom & Guidance

God’s Discipline

My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. [Proverbs 3:11-12 (NLT)]

He is our heavenly parent and we are his children. Like all children we can be unreasonable, rebellious, and self-centered. Just as an earthly parent has to occasionally discipline the child he loves, so does our heavenly parent. God’s discipline, however, is not the same as punishment. Punishment is about making us behave by imposing a penalty, but discipline is about correcting us with love. Punishment is about the past but discipline is about the future.

Father, help me receive your discipline gratefully so that I will become the person you want me to be.

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July 7, 2013

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Faith & Hope, God's Grace & Love

HIS GRACE IS ALL WE NEED

Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” [2 Corinthians 12:9a (NLT)]

I surrender, Lord. On my own, I am powerless. But, by your power, all things are possible. Thank you for your gift of grace.

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. [Philippians 4:13 (NLT)]

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July 6, 2013

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God's Grace & Love, God's Promises

OUR FATHER

The Lord Almighty says, “I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.” [2 Corinthians 6:18 (GW)]

Our children don’t have to earn our love; we love them because they are ours. And so it is with God’s children; he loves us simply because we are His. Yet, unlike earthly parents, God manages to remain calm and firm, loving and patient, no matter how exasperating or rebellious His children may be. Moreover, his advice is always correct, his provision is always enough, and he never tires of comforting us. If only our parenting skills were as good!

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June 25, 2013

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God's Grace & Love, Trusting God

GOD’S DIFFERENT GIFTS

See what great love the father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that’s what we are! [1 John 3:1 (NIV)]

When children in the same family don’t receive gifts of equal worth, it doesn’t mean their parents don’t love them equally. A parent can’t possibly treat each child exactly the same. Children have different maturity levels, interests, and needs, and the different gifts they receive from their parents reflect this individuality.

God doesn’t treat each of us alike, either. Using his infinite wisdom and knowing the unique interests and requirements of each one of us, He bestows different gifts to every one of his children. Just because someone else seems to have received more blessings from God doesn’t mean God loves us less; perhaps it means that they needed those gifts more!