Showing posts with label 'Jesus paid the price for our sins' 'grace'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'Jesus paid the price for our sins' 'grace'. Show all posts

Friday, December 1, 2017

Longer

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Ephesians 1:4


I was in my hotel getting ready for a meeting this week and was feeling a bit down on myself for eating so much junk food over the past few days of travel weeks.  It's hard to make healthy food choices when you are on the road so much, entertaining clients over lunch or dinner, or having to eat fast food as you are making your way through a crowded airport.   If I am being totally honest, my fear is that I will revert back to weighing as much as I did while in college, when I weighed an astounding 226 lbs.  I know that won’t happen as things were much different for me back then-physically. mentally, and spiritually.

I did not feel downtrodden for too long as I came across the above scripture from Ephesians, where God reassures us all that he indeed loved us, even before he created the world.

Because He first loved us, he sent Jesus to earth to live a sinless and blameless life to atone for our sinfulness on the cross. If you are like me and sometimes need reassurance, just know that you are indeed loved by God; he paid the ultimate price for our Holiness and the eternal promise of heaven!

Monday, March 23, 2015

You Can't Change That

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.  1 John 4:16


Unlike what the world offers us, God does not love us, accept us, or forgive us based upon our performance.  God doesn't play favorites either.  He does not love the more beautiful people more than the plain.  He doesn't favor the rich and famous over the poor and unknown.  He doesn't choose the high achievers over the low achievers.  In fact, there is nothing you can do, regarding status, appearance, or performance, that will possibly elevate you one inch in God’s eyes.

Our loving Father accepts us because we come to Him believing in Jesus Christ as the One who has paid the full price for our sins.  He loves us, because He created each of us, and has chosen to love us from the moment He first though of us and there is nothing you can do to change that!