Grace Inspirations

I’ve talked a lot about sin in the past. Sin is one of those unavoidable topics when you’re talking about Christ and the Gospel. Sin was the main reason Jesus came and died on the cross. Because of sin, we were separated from God. But, as I have discussed before, when Jesus rose from the dead, that meant we will rise again in Heaven with Him if we repent and accept Christ as our Savior (1 Corinthians 6:14). But that isn’t the end of the story. That’s why the Holy Spirit led me to write a post about sin.                 Almost everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve. If you are unfamiliar, you might want to check back at my “Repent” post, or read Genesis 2-3. That is where sin on earth started. It’s the background info on sin. Before I go any further, I want to make sure everyone knows what sin is. Sin is anything that separates us from God. (The Ten Commandments has a few examples of sin.) Now that everyo...

                Amazing Grace is one of my favorite songs. Not because my name is literally Grace, but because of the song itself. God’s grace is truly amazing. The reason why God’s grace is truly amazing is what this post is all about! So get out your hymnal and find Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found T'was blind but now I see                 This isn’t the entire song, but this is the part that I’d really like to focus on. It summarizes the Gospel in four lines. Trust me, right now I am learning how to summarize and it’s not that easy. But while the writer did a great job summarizing, this song was written in 1779. That’s quite a ways back! Because of the time difference the words might not make sense. But if we look at it closely, this song might s...

I haven’t posted in a while, but what better time to post than in this time that everyone is calling a crisis. It feels like there is no peace anywhere to be found. Everyone keeps saying that God is in control and that everything will be okay. But the number of COVID-19 cases seems to be rising constantly. Every time there is a new reported case, all kinds of fearful thoughts come into our minds. Will I get sick? Should I go to the store? What about my family? Are they safe? But Martin Luther King had a great quote that I want to share with you. “You cannot keep birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” –Martin Luther King                 The birds are your thoughts. The enemy uses your thoughts to make you start believing things that aren’t really true. You can’t keep thoughts from flying over your head, but you can choose what thoughts you want to dwel...