Devotional;;;6/17/13
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“Love Revealed”
Lesson 4
“With Which He Loved Us”
But God who
is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when
we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you
have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to
come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us
in Christ
Jesus. For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works,
lest anyone should boast. For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.
Eph 2:4-10
NKJV
Re-read
this with your name in it.
BUT God who
is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved _____, even
when _____
was dead in trespasses, made _____ alive together with Christ, (by grace _____
has been saved), and raised up together, and made _____ sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the
exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness
toward
_____ in Christ Jesus. For by grace
_____has been saved through faith, and that not of
myself, it
is the gift of God, not of works, lest _____should boast. For _____you are His
workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand
that _____
should walk in them.
God is rich
in mercy. Do you know what rich means?
It does not mean a wee bit but it means abundantly
and abounding. Imagine His mercies toward you.
See it over flowing. Yes, His abundant
mercies are yours. He has a great and
personal love with which He loves you even when you
rejected Him. God made you alive
together with Christ. Jesus resides in you my precious
child. Yes you have been raised up and
made to sit together in the heavenly places In Jesus. Now is the time that He wants to show His
exceeding riches of His grace in kindness towards
you. It is by grace that you have been
saved, there is nothing that you can ever do to earn it.
There is no work for you to do. It is not you fulfilling the Law’s. It is a gift my beloved. You are His workmanship, His handiwork, for
you are God’s own child. You have been recreated in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared for you beforehand
that you should walk in
them. You say but I do not know what He
has prepared for me. Oh my beloved as
you sit at His feet, as you read His word He will reveal to you. Oh my child He has already put the plans in your
heart. Get still before Him allow Him to
speak to you in His still small voice.
Oh what love He has bestowed on you.
Oh what mighty and marvelous plans He has prepared for you, receive it
and believe it.Written by
Kathryn Hanson
I do love how beautifully you remind us of God's perfet love, even with, and because of, our imperfections.
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