Wednesday... Yes, we also need it today!

Ephesians 1:2 (NLT), "May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace."

Wednesday... Yes, we also need it today!

The Apostle Paul is sitting in prison and he is writing this letter "to God's holy people in Ephesus who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus". Now in the 2nd verse of the first chapter of this letter to the Ephesians he writes, "May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace." Now we need someone to pray this prayer for us today, don't we? We need to pray this prayer for us as individuals. Yes, we too need grace and peace and to give it to others.

Our homes need grace and peace. Did you know that your spouse is not perfect and they need grace and peace from you. We have no control over them but we do over us. I don't know what is happening in your home but I pray for grace and peace for you. The home is being attacked outside and inside. Yes we need more peace in our homes and for sure we need grace.

Our work needs some grace and peace. There is a whole lot of imperfect people there and a lot of them are not followers of Christ. They don't have him in their lives but as Christ followers, we do. So we need tto give grace and peace at work.

Our churches needs more grace and peace. A lot of faithful church goes are on Facebook. Do you ever read Facebook and see what we as professed faithful followers of Christ say? There is not a lot of grace and peace there. It seems like we need a revival of grace and peace. We really do need to be instruments of grace and peace. Yes, grace and peace really does show the world that we are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.

Yes, Paul was in prison when he wrote this letter. And I'm sure he prayed that prayer for himself. Here he had these guards and he wanted to show them how God makes such a difference no matter what we are going through.

There is not a lot of grace and peace in our country. Yes we need to give grace and peace between our political parties for sure if we are faithful followers of Christ.

The Message says verse 2 this way. It says "I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ." Yes, God wants to pour grace and peace into our lives.

And then the Amplified Bible translates it this way, "Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being ] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."

And then verses 3, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ." By the way, Paul was in prison. And then verse 6, "So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us, and it gave him great pleasure."

Verse 4 says, "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes." And that is definitely grace. Yes, we are to give grace which leads to peace because of what He has done for us. God's grace means His unearned, undeserved favor, kindness, and love toward us.

So let's give others what He has given to us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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