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Can Grace Bend the Law? #19

November 14, 2020

Can Grace Bend the Law? #19 Grace does not do favors nor does the Law. The generous and compassionate householder satisfied both. He treated all his workers equally. The merciless servant begged his master for time to repay. His master…

Beware of Self – Incrimination: #18

November 7, 2020

Beware of Self – Incrimination The one pound servant knew what his master would do! And yet, he still disobeyed and failed to do it. At one time, I too did agree to serve; however, I was lured away to…

Afraid to Fail: #17

October 31, 2020

Being Afraid to Fail is Detrimental The fear to fail was and still is very real to me as it is to millions of people. As a child and youth, I had difficulties pleasing my parents and my teachers. Before…

Taking Grace for Granted: #16

October 24, 2020

Do Not Take Grace For Granted? We continue with Luke’s Account of the duty of a servant with the question, will my Lord say to me, “Well done, good servant?” (Luke 19:17). For me, grace has and grace is the…

QUENCHING THE SPIRIT IN US:#15

October 17, 2020

Leaders will not “Quench” their Spirits  But we beseech you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be…

Grace has a Merciful Heart: #14

October 10, 2020

Grace Has a Huge Merciful Heart Grace is small enough to live in my heart; yet, grace is large enough to be shared with other human beings. Most human beings practice some form of grace. But to us, who follow…

Is “Grace” a Gift or is “Grace” EARNED? #13

October 3, 2020

Is Grace a “gift” or is it Earned ? Grace, as I have been taught and also believed, is “God’s Redemptive Gift” to let us back into His Kingdom and His World. But before the Lord lets us come back…

Grace Offers Endless Hope: #12

September 26, 2020

Grace Offers Endless Hope In retrospect, the words of the Apostle Paul depict our journey up to this point: “Through him (Jesus) we have obtained access to his grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of…

Grace comes in small portions: #11

September 19, 2020

Grace comes in “Small Portions” We are told that Jesus was the fulness of grace and He dispersed it in abundance (John 1:16-18). I think so too and I have experienced a “jolt of grace” many times on my journey;…

HOW DOES GOD FEED US? #10

September 12, 2020

How does God “Feed Us?” World War II made us destitute, homeless, landless, nationless, and left us starving. Our father stood hours in lines for a loaf of bread, and had to come up with means to feed us. When…