Grace Inspirations

  I am very excited to announce that Grace Inspirations is moving to a new website! Due to updates to Blogger’s system, I have moved to my own site. With these new changes, I understand that you may have some questions and hopefully I can answer them in this post.  What is the new URL? With a new website, there is a new URL. It should make it easier to reach my site.  https://graceinspirationsblog.com/ What about email subscriptions? For those of you who have already subscribed to this website, I would greatly appreciate if you would re-enter your email at the new website. You will no longer receive emails from the old website.  What will happen to all the old blog posts? Some of my most recent blog posts are uploaded to the new website. My older ones will still be available on this website. What will happen to the old website? This website will still be active even though the new website will be my home base.  I hope that this answered any questions you...

  Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.                       In 1865, those words were written by Elvina M. Hall. Little did she know that those words would continue to ring in churches all over America over one hundred and fifty years later. The words are very simple. But they tell the story of the man who came as the ultimate sacrifice. The Bible tells us in Genesis chapters 2 and 3 that God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. All things lived in perfect harmony with one another. But one day, a serpent tempted Eve to eat from the tree that had been forbidden by God. Eve yielded to the temptation and ate the fruit. She gave some to her husband, Adam, and he ate as well. After they ate, the Bible tells us that “the eyes of both of them were opened” (Genesis 3:7). They saw their sin and they hid, but God came looking for them. Once Eve had eaten the fruit...

                 In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he separates the things of the flesh from the things of the Spirit. We can find the fruits of the Spirit in chapter 5, verses 22-23.   “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23   The fruits of the Spirit are a model of what we as Christians should look like to others. Of course no one can perfectly perform all the fruits at the same time 24/7. If we could, then Jesus’ crucifixion would have been in vain. But, God calls us to follow in Jesus’ example and we should obey Him by displaying the fruit of the Spirit. The thing is, I have read these verses over and over again and I have had them memorized for years, but I have one question: Why are they called fruits? I have been trying to think of everything. Pears, peaches, pineapples, plums, but I have come up short. That’s when ...

            The Love Chapter is the 13 th   chapter of 1 Corinthians. I am excited about this post because 1 Corinthians 13 is my favorite chapter of the Bible. It explains what God’s love is and how we are supposed to share that love. There are so many sides to these verses and in this post, I am going to cover three. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” (1Corinthians 13:4-8) SIDE #1                 Side #1 is the most obvious: it’s a definition. The verses all combined make up a list of things that define what God’s love looks like.  When you read them they paint a pic...

                    Throughout the New Testament we marvel at the miracles that Jesus performed. He healed the sick, made the blind see, turned water to wine, and performed many other mind-boggling miracles. Have you ever thought about how many of those miracles were performed by using words? Think of when Jesus healed the man of his leprosy.  “Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ’Be clean!’ Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.” (Matthew 8:3)  Think of when Jesus calmed the storm. “…Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” (Matthew 8:26) Now let’s go way back to the creation of the world. “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3) When God speaks, in Heaven or on earth, He means business. In Isaiah 55:11 it says, “…so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accompli...