Tag: Grace
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Mother’s Day Weekend
Happy Mother’s Day to all my family of sisters, nieces, daughter-in-laws and friends who are mothers. I went through a Erik’s in my life that I hated Mother’s Day. I had given my daughter up for adoption and struggling to get pregnant in my marriage. I know what is is like to want something and…
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Sunrise
The empty tomb is the Christian tradition that the tomb of Jesus was found empty after his crucifixion. The gospels are consistent on the incident, with variations, of the visit of women to Jesus’ tomb. Although Jesus’ body had been laid out in the tomb after crucifixion and death, the tomb is found to be…
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Friday was Good!
Hans Holbein (the younger), detail of ‘The Passion’ Altarpiece (1524-25), oil on limewood, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland. In John’s Gospel we move from Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer directly to the Garden of Gethsemane. You’ll observe some different emphases between John’s Gospel and the Synoptics regarding Jesus’ trails, crucifixion, and resurrection. For example, we see…
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God’s Love Equals Grace
God’s Love for Us: In this chapter, we will talk about God’s love for and toward us. What He did for people all around the world who would believe in Him. Then we will talk about how that love translates into Grace. God never stops loving us, no matter what we do or where we…
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Exercises In Real World Grace – Love:
In each chapter, as you can already see, I will ask you to stretch yourself to do something that a disciple of Jesus would do. Consider the following: Now, to stay focused on the Father, here is an exercise you can try: Close your eyes and take a deep breath (in and out at a…
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The Early Church and Their Forgiveness
There is a vast difference between the Christianity of the first century and the Christianity of today. To so many, Christianity is all too often a code of ethics, a list of do’s and don’ts, a philosophy of life, and a standard of performance, but to those first-century Christians, it was a new quality of…
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Sing
As a child I was singing and making my joyful noise to the Lord. My parents would stifle me a bit for early morning singing outside, but I did enjoy singing out. The practice of singing can be a personal thing or a corporate act. In worship we sing to the Lord. “I will sing…
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Smiles
Funny how just an easy thing can make you feel so much better. You know children laugh and smile almost 400 times, while adults probably smile and laugh about 20 times in a day. Big difference. The practice of God’s grace is as easy as a smile. What the Bible says: Proverbs 15:30 “A cheerful…
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How do we Practice Real World Grace
How do we practice God’s Grace every day? We first must remember: “Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’” (Luke 9:23) Paramount to grace is remembrance. Of who God is, and what He’s done. Each day, it’s important to…
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Real World Grace
The Government is here to help! Really – History shows that many government administrations have tried to help people with hunger and initiatives to keep people from being homeless, yet we still have the same problems. Government is not the answer – God is and definitely his Grace is even more important. In the depression…