it's my intention not to setup a teaching blog... or a preaching blog... but a place to share thoughts and experiences that relate to God's grace and its effect on our everyday life. as I can only relate to Jesus in the context of my own life I'd invite you to share the implications of the life and death of Jesus Christ on your current walk with him. at least I hope to give some personal insight on how aligning your beliefs with the Gospels true message can bear fruit... at street level... in our lives in in the l lives of others. and conversely how erroneous believing can be a stumbling block.
1 JOHN 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Although I have endeavored to walk with the Lord for awhile, only in recent times have I started to really believe God loves me. My problem was that I kept focusing on myself, instead of God. I saw myself in my immaturity with all my faults and failures. I was not looking at Jesus the perfect sacrifice, but focused on myself and my shortcomings. Even though I spread messages on the love of God, I never had confidence that God truly loved me just as I was. Instead I thought more in terms of God tolerating me, but not being too happy with me. I was trying my best to do what I thought God wanted, not really realizing that I could never earn God's love. Now I am realizing that God's love is not dependent on me, but is entirely dependent on God alone. He does not love me because I am lovable, but because by na
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