Who likes free gifts? Who am I kidding, everybody likes free gifts! What if I told you that there's a FREE GIFT just for you! It has your name on it and you don't have to do a single thing but just ACCEPT the gift. Sounds pretty flippin' awesome, right? We're all born sinners and in need of a Savior. When Jesus died on the cross He PAID for our sins and made a way for us to have a relationship with Him. Christ has already completed what needed to be done in order for us to be free of our sins once and for all! He paid the price FOR us. And you know what's amazing? We don't have to do a single thing but just accept what He did for us. What He did is enough! We are so undeserving, but God is a God of LOVE and GRACE! This is where a lot of people miss it. Many try to work for their salvation, thinking that if they do enough good things then they will be saved. It's not about works, it's all about God's grace! If our salvation was based on what WE did then we'd never be saved, because we're messed up sinners. It required the blood of Jesus. Jesus is the ONLY way. In John 14:6 Jesus says," 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.' "
How much better does it sound just getting to accept something rather than having to work for it? Yes, it's that easy! The price has already been paid. Friends, don't miss out on this amazing free gift!
"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
Check out this awesome song by Steven Curtis Chapman called "Free". It talks about the freedom we have in Christ!
Many of us live our lives with God in a box. Our view of Him is small, as if what He can do is limited. When our problems are so big and we see no way out, then we feel like it's also too big for God. Our lives would look completely different if we stopped putting God in a box and started living like He's the almighty God that He is! God is a big God and there's nothing He can't handle. No matter how big the issue, God can change any heart and heal any sickness. We might know this in our head, but are we really LIVING like we believe it?
Many believe that God doesn't heal today like He used to when we read in the Bible about how He made the lame walk and the blind see. Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." He never changes! He's still the same God that He was and He still heals just like He did then. Matthew11:5 says, " 'The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up...' " The God who worked these miracles then still works these miracles today. To say that He doesn't heal today is saying that He isn't who He says He is. He can and He DOES heal!
When we believe God to be the God that He is, then even our prayer life will be different. We'll stop praying for small things, as if God is limited and we'll start praying and believing for GREAT things! James 1:6 says, "But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind." The first sentence in the Bible, alone, shows what a big God He is. He created the heavens and the earth! Think about that for a second. Like....whoah. And we doubt that He can take care of our problems? God is big and He does big things! So let's start living like we believe that!
Every morning when I wake up, I pray that God will use me in big ways that day...bigger ways than I could ever imagine! God is a big God, so let's pray and believe for big things!
Check out this awesome video below by S.M. Lockridge called "That's My King". What an awesome God we serve!!!
