Stand in Grace

The evidence of your true relationship in Christ is seen in your fruit. Though life is tough we can still shine forth because we have a relationship that is evident as being real.

Mary and her sister Martha learned the importance of how to glorify the Lord while serving Him. We need to serve, but serve to honour not just for the sake of serving.

Do not be discouraged, or afraid to share God's Word today. The Lord will use you to do a great work for Him, so look beyond the troubles and see His success.

Serving Jesus should not be a burden but a privilege, for He wants to use you to do His work. He could have used angels, but the Lord wants you and He has equipped you.  So let's come to the Lord and acknowledge this great privilege and achieve something great for Him.

People often talk about the love of God and never understand what that look likes in their day to day life. Christ's love is expressed in His commitment to be our Shepherd. He desires to be there for us every day, looking after us and protecting us, this is true love.

We often feel there are things in our lives that can not change. However, the Lord has the means to make what looks like impossible to happen. The things that seem to be unresolvable in our lives are easily resolved when we trust God with them.

Jesus had many people believe in Him, yet mere belief is not enough, there needs to be a full commitment to Christ. That is found by abiding with Him and in His word, only then will we understand the truth that frees us from a life of uncertainly and fear.

The world seems to be out of control, yet we need to be encouraged to know the Lord is ruling over all things even if we don't see it or the news reveal it.

There is so much evil in our world, but as believers how can we confront this evil and how can the Lord reign in it?

Often we have heard someone say that if you turn to Jesus all your troubles will go away. Yet, as you know that is usually wrong, rather, there is a cost involved in following Jesus. But we need to understand as Jesus taught, such a life of following Jesus is worth it.

There is joy in sharing forgiveness. We need to understand what Jesus was teaching in Matthew 18 from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant to see that indeed forgiving others brings joy into my life.

On this Valentines week we need to be encouraged that God reveals His love to us by wanting us to be more like Him. This process requires filing off the burrs of our life and using one another to draw us back to Christ. We want to be a polished gem in the eyes of the Lord, and He wants to restore us to fellowship with Him.

With the crazy world around us sometimes we find ourselves spiritually complacent, even distant from the Lord. The wonderful thing is that the Lord can carry you back to the place you once were. We can find ourselves like a wandering lamb but our great shepherd is looking for you to restore the joy back in your life.

Jesus taught His disciples that if they wanted to be successful then they needed to have the qualities of a child. Let's look at 5 qualities of a child that illustrate what Jesus is looking for in your life.

It seems like the government is taking away my rights as a Christian during these Covid days. What should I be fighting for, what are my biblical rights that I will not comply? Should I be living in opposition all all that offends me? But more important, how will Jesus condone my actions? Lets look at Matthew 17 and see how Jesus handled a very similar situation.

The Grace of God is the key factor in being able to navigate through the stresses of our week. As believers in Jesus we need to cling to His grace, and understand how it is the means to successfully face this coming week.

Often we pray and give up too soon, yet the Lord taught that persistent prayer is the expected way to pray.   We must pray persistently if we wish to find the answer He has for us.

Church has all sorts of troubles, and for that reason many believers simple stay home and try to worship the Lord from there. However, as the Magi teaches us, that isn't the worship that is truly honouring to Christ. The Lord established a day and a place for believers to worship, and even though it isn't perfect, its for Him and therefore important.

Mary sang a song of praise to Elizabeth and in doing so she exalted the Lord in a way that we need to as well. So often our crazy lives get in the way of us just giving the Lord praise that He desires. Mary shows us how we need to stop and acknowledge His goodness and glory.