It’s easy. There’s no one, no thing, nothing, compared to Him. Thank you for making it clear.

pandajosh:

Source: Dr. Danny Akin

Beloved,

Do you believe that I am working in you? Do you trust me? Beloved, I am in your heart, my Holy Spirit is working in you. Sin and your works do not control you, but I do, and your faith in me. You are not alone, my child. I am in you, fully living. I will and predestine, call, justify, and glorify you to glorify my name. You are forgiven, loved, and the power of sin is broken and the Holy Spirit lives in you. Believe it. I revealed so much to you through my Spirit with words through my grace, now it’s time for you to understand and know me through my precious word. People were sacrificed, including my son to give you my precious word, so read it, my beloved. No one is working harder than my Holy Spirit in you. My grace and blood is upon you. Like Paul, you can work hard because my grace is working in you. Work hard to lay hold of me as I lay hold of you. Remember, I still accept you and love you regardless of your work. All authority and heaven and earth has been given to you. I boast about you, child. I am so happy because of who you are and what you are doing through my blood. Believe me beloved. I love you. I restore you. Come to me. I love you so dearly. I’m running to embrace you. So come, child.

Lord,

I want to have confidence in your love. Open and expand my heart to receive more and more of your love. Wreck me and fill me with your beautiful love. I want to feel your love every minute of my life.

love,

your daughter

i miss it dearly.

such memories.

http://sierraleone2011.tumblr.com/

Father,

reveal more of who you are to me daily, and renew your love every morning.

<3 your daughter

lovestheshepherd:

whizzpopping:

1. “The Law is only a weak and useless shadow. Grace is the reality of the good things.”

2. “The Law demands the absolute perfect standard of God’s righteousness of you all the time, every second. Grace is God giving you His free gift of His absolute perfect righteousness for you to stand in all the time.”

3. “The Law says ‘Do, do, do, do!’ Grace says, ‘It’s done, it’s done, it’s done! You’re safe!”

4. “The Law makes you conscious of your sin. Grace makes you conscious of being righteous in Christ Jesus.”

5. “The Law has a finger that points out your failures. Grace has a finger that points to Jesus, who took all your sins and failures away.”

6. “The Law always condemns you. Grace never condemns you. Grace lifts you into the cloud of His glory.”

7. “The Law took the disobedience of first Adam and condemned us all. Grace took the obedience of Jesus, last Adam, and declared you and me to be perfectly righteous in our Father’s eyes.

8. “Under the Law God says, “I will by no means forget your sins’. Under grace God says, ‘I will by no means ever remember your sins again.’”

9. “The Law is a revelation of how much is wrong with you before God and in God’s sight. Grace is a revelation of how perfectly right with God you are all the time.

10. “Under Law sin abounded, but grace has  super-excessively abounded more. When your sin and God’s grace meet in a boxing ring, God’s grace triumphs every time.”

11. “The Law makes you self-conscious. Grace makes you Christ conscious.”

12. “The Law makes you ask, ‘What must I do?’ Grace makes you ask, ‘What has Jesus done already?’”

13. “Under Law the burden is on you to perform to please God. Under grace the burden was on Christ to perform on your behalf and He did a good job!”

14. “The Law is a heavy yoke with a difficult burden. Grace is a light yoke with an easy burden.”

15. “The Law is a ministry of death. Grace is a ministry of life.”

16. “The Law of Moses demands of you. Grace gives to you.”

17. “The Law demands that you earn the blessing. Grace has already earned the blessing for you.”

18. “The Law is dependant on you. Grace is dependant on what Jesus has already done for you.”

19. “You will always fail the law. Grace will always succeed for you.”

20. “The Law justifies no one and condemns even the best of us. Grace justifies all and approves of even the worst of us.”

It’s hard to take, but I MUST take grace

lovestheshepherd:

I don’t really pray.

OK, of course I do. ”Pray without ceasing”. But I don’t pray like I’ve been raised to. I don’t follow some intro-body-conclusion prayer guide. I don’t pray the five points (I’m not even sure what I’m talking about here…) or follow any ACTS formula.

I don’t want to pray…

healoneisgod:

I am.

I am who I am.

I am who I am because of Him.

I will not change.

I will not change for anyone.

I will not change for anyone except my blessed Savior.

I’ve found myself.

I’ve found myself completely.

I’ve found myself completely in Him.

I am loved.

I am loved…

I am not good enough.

I strive to be successful in everything I do because I dont want to be a loser, someone useless that no one looks upon. I want to feel proud, fulfilled, and confident in myself. But I realize I am a loser. I am a poser who acts on a stage to hear the applause. I am a failure with no purpose but to gain acceptance from others who care conditionally. I have depressing thoughts that demotivate me and unwind me that makes me feel void. And the emptiness grows bigger as I try harder. It envelops me when no one accepts me for who I am. But what am I?

    I know I am a dependent. I am unable. I am a flawed creature. I am not good enough in my eyes or others’, no matter how much I do, try, or want.

 But,

I know who someone is good enough.

Someone who has no fear but love.

Someone who is perfection.

Someone who is saving grace.

Someone who watches my every move endearingly.

Someone who is caressing my flaws every step.

Someone who is with me in the miry pits, in the darkness, in the worst.

Someone who loves me despite my failures.

Someone who accepts me because of His transcending love.

Someone who went to through death to save me, a useless being.

He is good enough, His blood covers me, He loves me, He created me to love him and that itself is such a honor. He created me with a purpose to find my fulfillment in Him. He lifts me up and designates me as a king.

In his arms, I am a daughter who has a father.

In his presence, I am a merely a servant who has a good master.

In his love, I am a bridegroom who has a magnificient lover.

He makes me good enough.

sueellenb:

A note written while I was on a mountain…
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I’m standing here on top of this mountain. I know even if I screamed at the top of my lungs, not a single person could hear me.

On my way up, I noticed how certain plants ceased to exist in…