The Grace Of God

“Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t.” –J.P.

Only the grace of God opens the way for the human heart to respond and humbly bow before God in worship.

Pray for the heart of a teen I am discipling. I can only share the meaning of the Word; the Holy Spirit must make it meaningful and significant, transforming the driving motivation and desires of his heart.

Pray for the illumination of the Holy Spirit for a middle-aged lady (the sister of one of the men in our church) just diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She has said the “sinners prayer” before but does not seem established in the faith. We had the opportunity to have an open door to share with her the eternal confident expectattion (i.e. Biblical hope) that God has provided by depending upon Him–not just to be able to go to heaven, but to have a restored relationship. Pray that she would recognize the grace of God during these difficult times that have caused her to ask the aged-old question “Why Me?”

1 Peter 1:3-9 sums up the hope that believers rejoice in through the difficult tragedies that we face due to the enemy (death/suffering) intruding into God’s perfect world because of mankind’s sin.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

More great food the last couple weeks by the way = fish head/fish eyes, frog legs, snails and cockles which are similar to muscles (sorry no pics of the last two ) It is also the grace of God not only that I can eat this but I actually love eating this really awesome stuff that you just have to try before denying its tastiness!!! When I was in the U.S. I only ate fish maybe 5 times in my life and I only ate Chinese food maybe 1 time a year so I was a little afraid whether I would survive over here. But as you can see I am living it up