SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS????

08/17/21 • 22 min

We discover in Scriptures that God's love never fails and that nothing can separate us from the love of God. We also see that God's grace is sufficient and that where our sin abounded God's grace abounded all the more. But many times we seem to attach how we receive God's love and grace with how we receive God's blessings.
I believe what the last stanza of the Hymn "Showers of Blessings" says sums up what I have discovered the gospel has to say concerning blessings. "There shall be showers of blessing if we but trust and obey; There shall be seasons refreshing If we let God have His way."
God's blessings for our lives are contingent upon that two-letter word; "if". Blessings are dependent upon our obedience. Obedience is not doing good things that we want to do but what God has called us to do. Jesus said that He could only do what He saw the Father doing and we must follow the example of Jesus and do what we see the Father doing.
Let's open up the gospel and discover how we can know the blessings that God has prepared for us!

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WHERE HAS THE REVERENCE GONE

Where has the reverence gone? God is love! His grace is sufficient! His mercies are new every morning! He is patient and longsuffering! But He is Holy, Righteous, Sovereign, and worthy of all praise and glory!
Through our familiarity with God's word and the repetitive approach of our worship experiences, we have developed an irreverence for the God of our salvation. We honor Him with our lips but our hearts are far from Him!
The evidence of our irreverence is seen in our lack of love and respect for one another. It is seen in our political arena, our communities, our churches, and our own personal lives and families.
We can only live the life we are called to by God through the overflow of our relationship with Him. When our reverence for Him falters so does every other relationship we are involved in!
It's time for the people of God to repent! It's not about pointing the finger at those systems and people around us but looking to our own hearts of worship. Humbling ourselves in reverence and awe before the God of all creation.
We must worship in spirit and truth! What's the truth about your reverence?

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I HARDLY RECOGNIZED YOU

Have you ever gone to a class reunion and had someone approach you to say hello and you didn't recognize them? You find out who they are and you said, "I hardly recognized you!" There had been such dramatic change that they didn't look like you remembered them.
When we come to Christ, there should be something significant that happens in our life that we may not look different on the outside, but how we live our lives outwardly should bring the question, "I hardly recognized you!" It's not that we are perfect, but the presence, love, grace, and power of Christ in us should make us notably different from those who know us.
God is transforming us into the image of His Son. He is not making us into a better version of us! We've been crucified with Christ and it is no longer we who live, but Christ!
who lives within us. Life should be different
Let's open up the gospel and discover the gospel difference!