How Do We Respond?

Grace = unmerited favor-God’s free gift of love, forgiveness, and blessings that we don’t deserve or earn.

Knowing that God has offered and continues to offer His free gift of grace in salvation… How do we respond?

Knowing that His grace continues to work in our lives empowering us to grow in holiness, to increase in our love for Him and our neighbors, and to continually become more like Jesus…. How do we respond?

I pray that we will respond to His precious gift of grace by being His light in our cities, our states and our nation!

“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” 2 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭2‬ ‭

Love Lifted Me

As I was worshipping with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ Sunday morning, during the song “Love Lifted Me,” I found myself beginning to pray:

Lord, help those that don’t know You to be lifted up into Your love.

As they find themselves living below Your will for their lives, lift them up to Your love and will for their lives.

I cry out for them!

Brothers and Sisters, join me in interceding for those that need to meet Jesus and receive all that He has for them…

BE THE LIGHT!

Do not be conformed to this world!

The Greek word for “conform” is syschematizo and means “to be molded according to a pattern” or “to conform one’s self (i.e. one’s mind and character) to another’s pattern.”

Brothers & Sisters! Who do we want to conform our mind and character after – those that we see in the world or Jesus Christ Himself?

May we choose to model and conform our minds and character to those of Jesus!! We are in the world, but we want to influence the world for Jesus…and not let the world influence us away from Him….

Stand strong and BE THE LIGHT!!!

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Choose This Day…

Our “ending” is dependent upon the choices we make today. Don’t give up because of bad choices you made in your past. Today is a NEW DAY! What direction do you want your life to take? Where do you want to end up? Make choices that will lead you there step-by-step. And God is ready and more than able to help you along the way! You are not alone! Take the first step! ❤️I love you! Your Sister in Christ, Tina

I AM THANKFUL!

I am thankful!! I had a confrontation with my bathroom wall at 3:00am Tuesday morning. Immediately after, the swelling was as big as a tennis ball! Kinda scary… but the swelling went down quickly with the application of ice several times.

I am thankful! No bones broken around my eye…no damage to my eye itself…and my nose was not hit! (Those of you that know my “nose history” understand the relief).

I am thankful! The swelling is almost gone completely this morning. The Lord is using this to squeeze out more of my preoccupation with my appearance. I had a decision to make – sit at home and wait out the healing of the bruising – which I have heard could take many weeks. OR, continue with my daily commitments and get my mind off of myself and back on where it belongs – on the Lord and His kingdom purposes. ❤️

I am thankful! Lord, continue to mold and shape me into the vessel that You can use in love and power in Your kingdom. Continue to call me up higher…and not be overwhelmed with earthly things.

Thank You, Lord!!

TRANSFORMATION!

Okay, Church, we are just going to have to face it! We can’t stay the same. For some this will be good news…and for some it will not be what they want to hear. Change can be scary… it can be messy…but it is necessary in order to be who God desires for us to be.

Ahhh… my dear friends, kingdom living is about transformation…transformation individually and transformation corporately. I pray that each of us will embrace this transformation – not in the future, but NOW!

LET IT GO!!

What things do we need to let go of in order to make room for the new? Are we holding onto regret, shame, anger, fear, or hurt? Are we holding onto unforgiveness? May we allow God to heal us and help us to release all of those things holding us back.

May we move forward with a lightness to our step; a clear heart and mind; and an excitement for the new encounters that are waiting along our journey! Praying for your new stepping stones that are waiting along your path!! 👣👣👣