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Today's Devotion:
"God Has GRACE That HOLDS"
The little boy began pitching a fit!
In the middle of the living room floor, he
began dancing as if he had ants on his
feet.
He was flailing his arms aimlessly, caring
not if they struck anything or anybody.
The boy's father ran over and picked him up.
He captured him in his arms and held him
tightly.
Soon, the boy's temperament returned to
normal.
A visitor noted to the father, "If that were my
child, I would have spanked him!"
The father said, "Yes, but you are not his father.
You haven't spent the time with him that I have.
You don't know the times we've spent in the
doctor's offices trying to find what causes this.
I have talked to him, and I have spanked him.
But nothing calms him down like holding him in
LOVE!"
_______SCRIPTURE____________
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the
world hateth you.
KJV
_______THOUGHT______________
Grace is the undeserved, unearned favor of God.
Grace called us through Christ to conviction,
convincing and salvation.
And grace STILL moves upon Christians AFTER
our born-again experience!
Christians are NOT "of the world."
They are of God, in Christ Jesus!
Thus they are God's children by adoption, and
receive FURTHER grace from the Father of Life
and Light!
It is the grace that HOLDS us in the LOVE of the
Father.
Yes, this is grace that convicts us when we sin.
Yes, this is grace that continually convinces us
Jesus is Lord.
Yes, this grace is UNTO salvation through faith
in Jesus Christ.
More than REDEMPTIVE grace, this side of
grace is PREEMPTIVE grace!
It calls us to prayer and Bible study;
Inspires us to attend church;
Encourages us when we face difficult times;
Carries us when we are misunderstood because
of our moral convictions;
And KEEPS us until the final day!! (Phil. 1:6)
I pray you are FAMILIAR with this
PREEMPTIVE grace!
Love ya!
Bro. Bruce