More Grace

Well, it seems God has directed for us to spend some more time meditating on His grace. We are finished Lesson 5 , but for the next few weeks let us just focus on what we have already been learning. Go straight to the word of God and look for verses that speak of His grace. Find songs that speak of grace and ask God to speak directly to you through them.

"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me....

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind, but now, I see.

T'was Grace that taught...my heart to fear.

And Grace, my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear...

the hour I first believed.

God's Grace Enables

I wasn’t able to get together with our study group this morning, so I studied the lesson some more on my own. This quote really stood out for me:

“Your worst days are never so bad that you’re beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you’re beyond the need of God’s grace.”

Don’t know if you can put it any better way than that! I need God’s grace everyday of my life.
I need God’s grace right now to deal with diappointment. There were a few things I just don’t quite know how to handle as I go through it. I am encouraged this morning that His grace is sufficient. Sometimes it’s just a matter of keeping our eyes on Him instead of other people or things.
Also, we need to humble ourselves in order to receive His grace.
Our kids have chores and other expectations in our home. Sometimes they may think that what they have to do is too hard. We know that it is good for them to learn from it and good for their character so they don’t get a choice in these little things. When they are all finished they might even see, hey that wasn’t so bad or they may be glad they learned something new.
Our struggles are the same way. We may not like going through them, but God already has a bigger picture in mind and He knows what is good for us.
After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace , who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm and strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10

Grace Like Gold

Annie is part of our study group but has not been able to get on Blogger. She asked me to post this for her.


Grace Like Gold- by Annie Braun


It’s gleam drove men and women alike
to seek with stength and pain
a thousand hills and river banks
in hope of wondrous gain.


Men fought and died just to satisfy
their thirst for land and price
such passions very cost
for which they gave their life.


The rich rejoiced , the poor worked hard,
to taste the sweeter side,
all tried to reach their golden dreams
of wealth and sinful pride!


O that men and women alike
would repent their dreams of old,
rather turn and cast their crowns at Christ
and search for grace like gold.



God makes available to everyone of His children an incredible resource to make it possible for us to live a godly life. That amazing , extravagant provision is called…. Grace.

A look back, before moving forward

I am finished the first 4 lessons in the book. Lesson 0ne was on Revival. What is revival? Who needs revival? Well we know it is a spiritual awakening, recognizing our need for God and being restored into an abundant close relationship with Him; a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit. We all need that.

Lesson 2 , on humility was very eye opening for me. My eyes were opened to areas of pride in my own life. We need to humble ourselves before the next step will do us any good.

Lesson 3 was on honesty. Coming clean before God, and allowing Him to make our hearts into honest hearts. A "little white lie," is a lie as any lie. Sometimes even silence can be a lie. There are times to be silent and times not to be. I think God is quick to reveal to us what we are to do, if we walk with Him daily.

We then went on to repentance in lesson 4. Without humbling ourselves and being honest before God, repentance won't be possible. These were all in a very good order of what we needed!

I hope you have all been blessed during this study. It has been helpful for me and encouraging too. I have been thinking about how it isn't actually this study, nor the book and not other people either, who can revive us. It is only God Himself. Only He deseves the credit for the good things done in our lives. We are using these tools to learn and seek, but ultimately it's all only through our savior that we will find and be fulfilled.

So, if you are behind don't be discouraged about it. Just label any post you are adding later with the lesson number. The important thing is that God will meet your needs where you are at. Just walk through it with Him. Also just this book or even the videos will do in our lives what God is able to do through His word, the Bible. Make that the # 1 thing to read.