The message for the beloved Children of God today- Grace !

Good morning,

The message for the beloved Children of God today- Grace !

Lord we thank you for your grace and your love. "Grace may be defined as the unmerited or undeserving favor of God to those who are under condemnation." Let's get understanding first, we are saved by grace. Amen! It's in Ephesians 2:8-10, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Grace is most frequently spoken of as a commodity, that is distributed, and such it is. But first and foremost, grace is a description of the character of God, which is displayed by His gift to men. God is a God of grace, and He desires to make this known not only to men, but also to the angelic hosts. Just as a lost man cannot obtain salvation through any good work of his own, neither can a believer maintain his salvation by doing good works. Salvation is obtained and maintained by grace alone. Amen ! Understand, He chose us, we didn't choose Him. Ephesians 1:4-12, Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (our trespasses), according to the riches of His grace, which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fulness of the time. He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth- in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. Read John 15:16,Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. This is God speaking, I destined you to accomplish work dear to me and essential to my kingdom. Christ has already told them that he must "go away" from' them to the Father, and that they "cannot follow him now, but afterwards;" and he has also convinced them that, though he go away, he will "come again, and abide with them," and also that "severed" from him they can "do nothing."  God is speaking to us the disciples, we have to share the ' Good News of Jesus Christ" with others. In Matthew 28: 19-20, Jesus commissions us to " Go" because of his authority - " and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you " Heavenly Father, we're seeking you more today then yesterday. Holy Spirit lead and guide us on the right path. We are crying out to you for help Holy Spirit, we cannot do anything right without you. Thank you Lord for your Word. Amen !

Scripture to meditate on today 9/12/18

Proverbs 3:1-5, My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.