tonight we have our first "out of the box" event for a long time. as the intern, i'm kinda leading it, i guess, as such, i am going through the gospel and the things that it takes to be saved. going back to the basics is a really good thing to do. i have actually been having a hard day today and thinking through the gospel has been a great exercise for my encouragement. to think that there is a Holy God and we are sinful men and we are the ones who sinned. God then sent His only Son to die for our sins and then raised Him from the dead. all we must do it to confess that we have sinned and that it is only through Jesus Christ that we can be saved from our sin and that He will save us and we will be saved. this is an amazing and mind blowing truth. to think that God created us and yet rebelled and instead of killing us he provided a way for us to have union with Him again. that doesn't make sense to the human mind. we get even with people who wrong us, God, instead, gives us blessings.
i don't get excited much or about much even and yet i think i am getting excited about tonight. to have an opportunity to share this great news with people should be and will be a great treat for us as believers. i am still scared, but i pray that my excitement will over throw my selfish stupidity. God is in control, so why should i fear anything, silly me, haha. we serve a big God who loves to care for us.
as the people in Ethiopia say, "God is good, all the time"
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I was actually thinking about that today as I read and prayed. What an amazing Friend and Savior we have. He knew the immense cost and the under valued return. Yet He still chose to love us and pay the great cost to win us back to Himself.
ReplyDeleteAs we were out last night I was talking to someone about God's gift and all they had to do was accept the gift and yet more often than not- the way is narrow and few are they that find it- people don't accept it.
Those who do not accept the gift will one day stand in front of the Giver and have to try to explain why they did not accept the gift and He will say the most dreadful words anyone will ever hear, "Depart from me, I never knew you".
How can we keep silent about he love we have been shown. Let's do that again.