Abundantly Pardoned

The Word of God is necessary for all things and covers all things. It teaches us the ways of life and how to be a good Christian. It points us in the right direction when we're lost, and it's God's love letter to us. We need to stay deep in Bible study at all times. "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pentetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12 NIV). The Word of God is wise. If you want to see what is truly in your heart, delve into the Word.

Please see my Always Growing in Christ blog at kenetakenobi.blog.com and my Sow Beside All Waters blog at sowbesideallwaters.blog.com. I had much to say today that Christ has laid on my heart. God bless all of you!

How can we love others when we feel like we can't love others? "If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1:7) Walk in the light, dear sisters. Walk in the light. How do we love with agape love when it's humanly impossible? "God is greater than our hearts." (from 1 John 3:20) Allow God to love through you.

"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" (Matt. 27:22 NIV) What shall I do with Jesus? Push Him aside in favor of worldly pleasures? Push Him aside in favor of self? Push Him aside because I have no time for Him? Someday we'll be judged, and Christ will ask, "What shall I do, then, with _______ [fill in your name] who was supposed to be my child?"

When we go to the Lord in prayer, we tend to do too much talking. So much talking that we forget to listen to Him. Sometimes we need to hush and allow Him to tell us things that He wants us to know. Sometimes He even surprises us with what He has to say. "God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." (Ecclesiastes 5:2 NIV)

"I Come Before the Cross"

 

I stumble through the wreckage

Of a life lived selfishly;

The trash beneath my soiled feet

Demands I pay a fee.

 

What is this fee demanded?

I don't know what to do;

I find myself in sacred place

With One I never knew.

 

I find that He has paid the fee,

I wonder, "What's the catch?"

I find that love awaits me there

Where heart and Spirit match.

I give to Him my wretched life,

That's good enough for Him;

No matter that this filthy life

Is seen in light grown dim.

 

He gives to me a fresh, new life

And takes the trash away;

Sweet Jesus saves me from myself

And starts another day.

 

I come before the cross,

My spirit tossed and torn;

I come before the cross

And leave the pain I've worn.

 

No other place has touched me,

No other love I've known;

I come before the cross

And find I'm not alone.

 

-for my precious Jesus-

"Love So Great"

 

The nails that pierced those blessed hands

Set free the lost across the lands;

A road began at Calvary

And spared no pain for victory.

 

Oh, see the Son of God hung there

Where people come to point and stare;

My spirit knows no other grace

Nor sees no other precious face.

 

Dear Jesus, You have made me whole

And placed my name on heaven’s roll;

I cannot fathom love so great,

A stronger love than strongest hate.

 

I give to You this weary heart

And know we’ll never be apart;

Your grace has made this life anew,

Dear King of Glory, I love You.

for my precious Jesus

 

"Crown of Thorns"

 

Crown of thorns, crown of thorns,

The love has pierced my soul;

The blood upon my Savior’s face

Is blood that made me whole.

 

The crown that caused my Savior pain,

The thorns that pierced His brow,

The crown that held no earthly jewels

Now pierce my heart somehow.

 

A crown no earthly king could wear,

A crown grown from the ground;

They forced it down upon His head,

Heaven and earth were bound.

 

Crown of thorns, crown of thorns,

Exchanged for crown of life;

My Savior died to set me free,

My conscience knows no strife.

 

Crown of thorns, crown of thorns,

Forever held in time;

A symbol of eternal life

And dearest love sublime.

 

for my precious Jesus

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

(1 Peter 2:9-10)

 

"Blood Divine"

 

I left my tattered heart at Calvary

Where Jesus hung to claim the victory;

As blood flowed forth I traded heart for heart,

He healed my life as His life came apart.

 

The person that I was no longer lives,

The heart that now consumes me gives and gives;

The life I live no longer is my own,

I gave it to the One who did atone.

 

He took my sins into that cold, dark tomb,

I'm born again, set free from sinner's womb;

My Jesus is the reason I'm alive,

The reason that I know I will survive.

 

I left my tattered heart at Calvary,

The chains are gone, this sinner is set free;

I'm healed, I'm whole, because His heart is mine,

The blood that flows through me is blood divine.

for my precious Jesus

"Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, and energy deep within you, God Himself willing and working at what will give Him the most pleasure." (Philippians 2:12-13 The Message) Energetic, reverent and sensitive. All these things involve the Holy Spirit, for it is His energy at work within us, and only He can teach us reverence with God and sensitivity to the Spirit's leading. God truly is willing and working in us, because when we allow Him to work His way in us, it will bring Him great pleasure. We need to daily submit to the Holy Spirit, staying open to Him 24/7.