The Grace of God

I had a thought today and I want to share it...

Maybe if we appreciated how truly amazing God's Grace is...we would be able to see where His Grace fits in to other people's lives...

We are sinners, God would be fair to never look at us again! But, instead, He chose to make a way for us through Christ.

This isn't just a nice thought, it isn't just a Bible teaching, this is a truth that can change the whole world, change your life.

God is Merciful, God is Graceful! Praise the Lord!! :-D

David Wilkerson

Yesterday the legendary Christian pastor David Wilkerson passed away after a car crash at the age of 79. He is most famously remembered for leading gangster Nicky Cruz to Christ and telling him, when Cruz threatened to kill him before his conversion, that if he cut his body into pieces that every piece would cry out that Jesus loves him and always will.

On the day he died he posted on his blog and I wanted to share all of his post as I think it is wonderful and such a great thing to go out of life on earth saying..

"To believe when all means fail is exceedingly pleasing to God and is most acceptable. Jesus said to Thomas, “You have believed because you have seen, but blessed are those that do believe and have not seen” (John 20:29).

Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer—who trust beyond hope when all means have failed.

Someone has come to the place of hopelessness—the end of hope—the end of all means. A loved one is facing death and doctors give no hope. Death seems inevitable. Hope is gone. The miracle prayed for is not happening.

That is when Satan’s hordes come to attack your mind with fear, anger, overwhelming questions: “Where is your God now? You prayed until you had no tears left. You fasted. You stood on promises. You trusted.”

Blasphemous thoughts will be injected into your mind: “Prayer failed. Faith failed. Don’t quit on God—just do not trust him anymore. It doesn’t pay!”

Even questioning God’s existence will be injected into your mind. These have been the devices of Satan for centuries. Some of the godliest men and women who ever lived were under such demonic attacks.

To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights—and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, “I am with you. I cannot tell you why right now, but one day it will all make sense. You will see it was all part of my plan. It was no accident. It was no failure on your part. Hold fast. Let me embrace you in your hour of pain.”

Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail—his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world."

Wilkerson is now enjoying his reward in perfect eternity with the Lord :) Let us be inspired by his inspirational faith acted out in his life and rejoice that he was saved :)

Style!

This is something people would say I don't have a lot of!

Christmas time brings a lot of great things best of all a timely reminder of what God has done for us. It also brings us presents, and lots of them!

This year I mainly got clothes, chocolate and a couple of computer games.

It's the clothes I want to talk about. Christmas and birthdays are a rare time for me. I don't buy clothes during the year and Christmas. I just get them on these occassions!

So I'm in fashion only a short period of time during the year. The problem I always find is that when I feel fashionable, I get very vain. I'll walk past shops and stare in the windows to make sure my hair is okay. It is stupid and I want to stop. Vanity is when we are wanting to be seen well in the eyes of the world and whilst we have to keep some sort of fashion to avoid giving a bad witness to others it shouldn't be as important as I make it in these kind of times.

I want to live for Him and know His Love and Grace however I look!

Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.