So Often We Try To Develop Christian

Your Worst Days Are Never So Bad That You Are Beyond The Reach Of God's Grace. And Your Best Days Are Never So Good That You Are Beyond The Need Of God's Grace.pharisee-type Believers Unconsciously Think They Have Earned God's Blessing Through Their Behavior. Guilt-laden Believers Are Quite Sure They Have Forfeited God's Blessing Through Their Lack Of Discipline Or Their Disobedience. Both Have Forgotten The Meaning Of Grace Because They Have Moved Away From The Gospel And Have Slipped Into A Performance Relationship With God.

Not Only Has The Debt (of Our Sins) Been Fully Paid, There Is No Possibility Of Ever Going Into Debt Again.

Modern Christians, Especially Those In The Western World, Have Generally Been Found Wanting In The Area Of Holiness Of Body. Gluttony And Laziness, For Example, Were Regarded By Earlier Christians As Sin. Today We May Look On These As Weaknesses Of The Will But Certainly Not Sin. We Even Joke About Our Overeating And Other Indulgences Instead Of Crying Out To God In Confession And Repentance.

We Need To Call Sin What The Bible Calls It And Not Soften It With Modern Expressions Borrowed From Our Culture.

Lord, I Am Willing To Receive What You Give. To Lack What You Withhold. To Relinquish What You Take, To Suffer What You Inflict, To Be What You Require.