Dispensation of Grace

This is a topic that has been coming up lately and I wanted to just talk about it. The age we live in is an “Age of Grace”. Do you know what Grace means? It means the exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. When I Google Grace, Bible verses pop up everywhere. My favorite verse about Grace is Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) - “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” We are saved by Grace, by God’s exercise of love, kindness, and mercy. We don’t deserve to be saved, and we need to understand that. We don’t deserve the blessings that God bestows on us day after day. He does it because He loves us unconditionally. Think about it, doesn’t that humble you? It humbles me; to think that I could be hushed and gone in the midst of my sin with no access to my Heavenly Father; it scares me. I am the point where I’m learning that just because we have God’s grace I shouldn’t take advantage of it. It's like a credit card that has a 100 Million dollar spending limit; it's not my money so I should spend it all, I would just use it when I need it. I don’t want to mess up because I know God will forgive me later or just keep repenting for the same thing. Just as Paul wrote to the Romans in Romans 6: 1-2 (Amplified Bible) “WHAT SHALL we say [to all this]? Are we to remain in sin in order that God's grace (favor and mercy) may multiply and overflow? Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?” Let us not take advantage or under estimate the God that we serve. He is a God of mercy, yes, but He is also a God of judgment. Even though we are in an age of Grace, let us learn to use it to move to higher heights and deeper depths in Christ not stay in one place. Be blessed.

Good Without God?

The BigAppleCoR.org has placed ads in the subways of New York City that says the following: “A Million New Yorkers are good without God……Are you?” This has really hurt my heart, but it has also opened my eyes. Who wants to be just “good” I rather be in an amazing experience with God in my life than just be “good” without Him. I don’t understand people sometimes. I was reading a series of articles on cnn.com and wikipedia about the things people are doing. SMH. I thank God for being a merciful God. There are times when I don’t want to be here anymore. I don’t want to be “good” without God. In a world of wickedness and where everyone indulges in “what feels good” why would you want to live without God? Loving without God is living without a purpose; without having that void filled. Sorry, I don’t want to be “good without God” I want to be complete and in awe with Him. Be blessed.

In Times Like These....

You know we all reach a point when we wonder “Why does God continue to send down His mercy on us?” I mean look at the society we live in. We make Sodom and Gomorrah look like the Brady Brunch. SMH, I can’t help but just ask God to continue to show His mercy on us; they are many people in this nation willing to stand up and be counted for Him. And because of those people, we still have America.