God is...

 

God is grace. God is love. God is justice. God is peace. God is hope. God is joy. God is...

 

God is FORGIVENESS.

One of the greatest attributes God has is His willingness to forgive us when we go astray.

Each day we make mistakes: big mistakes and little mistakes. We sin against God and we sin against the people in our lives.

We could wallow in that sin and allow the guilt to overtake us as individuals - - many people have - - but instead we know that we can go to God and seek out forgiveness, and we can be confident in knowing that He will give it.

God is willing to grant us the freedom from our sins - to give us the forgiveness we need - we just need to go to Him and ask for it.

Being forgiven allows us to be open to the love God has for us. Forgiveness gives us the room in our soul to allow God's joy to seep into our being and it grants us the peace we need to live each day with hope for tomorrow. Forgiveness from God gives us a desire to see the rest of the world treated with justice and mercy; and to give grace to those who maybe do not deserve but who need it.

Forgiveness frees us from the bonds that Satan puts on us and allows us to look toward God free from the mistakes of our past.

Forgiveness is a mighty gift from God.

What sin are you holding on to from which God can release you?

He will set you free.

Scripture

Psalm 130

 

Quote of the Day

“At the moment at which I admitted my sin and asked for God's forgiveness, He gave me the deepest level of understanding of mercy that I could ever have imagined.” Penny Bragg

Question of the Day

How does knowing God will forgive you make you feel?

The Freedom to Love

You are free. Three simple words which hold so much power. Often we take for granted that we have freedom in this country - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of profession, etc. In many places across the globe freedom of choice is a gift longed for and greatly desired.

But, regardless of where you live in the world we were all granted free will. God created us in His image to be in a relationship with Him. He could have made us into little pawns without any decision making ability, but then we wouldn't have been able to return the love God has showered upon us. Love without freedom is not love; it is bondage.

Truly loving another person is also allowing that person to make a choice to love you in return. To truly love another is to give that person freedom, just as God gave us the free will to love Him or to not love Him.

With freedom comes responsibility. As a person who is given the choice to love freely another person and to love God, you must make the choice to return that love or not return it. If you chose to return the love of another, that love must be returned in the same "no-strings-attached" manner. In returning the love given to you, you also return the freedom. You chose to love that person and commit to being in a relationship with that person. The same holds true for our relationships with God.

He has given us free will to choose His love or ignore it, but if we choose to accept it we also accept the commitment of being in that relationship with God which will define your whole life. In loving God or another person, we give up a little of our freedom, but what a beautiful sacrifice with tremendous rewards.

Scripture

Ephesians 1:4-10

Quote of the Day

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

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Question of the Day

What freedom in this country are you most thankful for?