Day Twelve: God the Healer: Blessed by His Love

                                                           Day Twelve

                           "with which he has blessed us in the Beloved" Ephesians 1:6


As we talked yesterday about the glorious grace we have in God through Christ, we can also be assured of the blessing we have of God's love for us because we are in his beloved.  His beloved is his precious son, Jesus Christ, who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we may be called the beloved of the Father and have an intimate communion and eternal relationship with him.  As I remind you we are sons, daughters, princes, princesses, because of the love the Father has for us to send us his son that he may purge the world of sin, for our behalf.

And, dear ones, it is because he loves us we can understand that when Christ went to his death, we took his place as the beloved of God, attaining his righteousness and his sonship.  The love he freeily poured out on his son, he continually pours out on us and we can rest in his promises that the riches of heaven can be freeily disposed upon us.

In your heart of your hearts, try to understand the depth of love the Father has for you, to make you his beloved.  It is the greatest relationship that you can attain; the one that can bring the most peace.  The one relationship that won't betray or leave you.

Today, I challenge you to praise God for this love and then to ask in faith, as He has called you to pray, that he will pour down those riches from heaven that you may acquire that peace, that security, healing, and strength needed to go forth from this place.

"So we do not lose heart.  Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.  For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us and eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.  For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."  2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Day Eleven: God the Healer: He gave his grace so we can be grace givers

                                                                  Day Eleven


                                "to the praise of his glorious grace"  Ephesians 1:6


God'a grace is abundant; its the reason we are forgiven for all the sins and craziness we have caused by our existing in this world.  And, as my friend, Grace always says, this is glorious.  Glorious because we no longer have to worry or fret about where we go when we die or feel as if we are alone.  Because of this glorious grace, we are never alone; we have entered into communion and relationship with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.  I do pray that you would realize that today.

So, as you begin your daily praise, thank him for the grace that was given to you that day you believed.  Then, I challenge you to ask him to help you to do the same; be a grace giver.  No matter how someone has wronged you or hurt you, remember that each day is a new day.   Each day you can start afresh.  Extend the grace God has given to you to the one who has wronged you, and find healing in your own heart, strength and refreshment to start the new day.

"Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you."  2 Corinthians 13:11