His Amazing Love Overwhelmes My Heart

(JUST SOME THOUGHTS --FROM MY HEART--I PRAY FOR YOU ALL TODAY AND I ASK THAT CHRIST REVEAL HIS PERFECT LOVE FOR YOU AND THAT EACH OF us SEE THE LOVE IT TOOK FOR HIM TO DIE ON A CROSS FOR US ALL.)

PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE!!!!

ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S HEARTS THOUGH CONVICTION AND HIS TRUTH, THEN THE PERSON STILL HAS THE CHOICE TO MAKE.

TO CHOOSE GOD'S WAY OR NOT!!!

SOMETIMES WE TEND TO FORGET THAT CHRIST IS AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, WE ARE NOT THE ADVOCATE WHEN WE PRAY FOR PEOPLE, WE ARE SIMPLY AND SHOULD BE PRAYING WITH A SINCERE HEART OF LOVE FOR THAT PERSON. it is a petition of love to a loving GOD!

NOT WITH AN JUDGEMENTAL ATTITUDE;LIKE "God change this person to be more like you, so that I can get along with them!"
***DEFINITELY A SELF centered PRAYER HERE!

MANY TIMES IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, PEOPLE LOOSE THEIR WAY OR SOME OF THE WORLDLY BEHAVIORS CREEP UP AND PEOPLE WANT TO CHANGE THEM OR THROW THEM OUT!!! I SAY LOVE THEM!

~~~~ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE THEM!~~~~

WE CAN OFFER COMPASSIONATE LOVING SUPPORT AND CORRECTION, NOT JUDGEMENTAL CORRECTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD! WE ARE ALL SINNERS. THOSE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD, ARE SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE!!! THEREFORE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO FALL AND MAKE MISTAKES! AND SEE THEIR STRUGGLE,
*OFFER PRAYER SUPPORT TO THEM, LET THEM KNOW , THEY ARE LOVED , NOT SO MUCH THE BEHAVIOR WE ARE SEEING! BECAUSE GOD SAYS TO LOVE THE SINNER NOT THE SIN, AND ALLOW GOD'S LOVE, AND THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO EXPOSE THEIR SIN TO THEM AND WHEN THEY FEEL TRUE CONVICTION, (THEY KNOW THE TRUTH)

THEN GOD WILL MEET WITH THEM, CONVICT THEM, AND IF THEY REPENT, HE WILL FORGIVE THEM JUST AS HE HAS FORGIVEN US, AND HE WILL TRANSFORM THEM BY HIS GRACE AND LOVE!

(THE REASON SO MANY OF US GET DISAPOINTED WE SET OUR EXPECTATIONS SO HIGH FOR OTHERS, FORGETTING THAT THEY ARE HUMAN AS WE ARE HUMAN. AND THAT GOD IS WORKING IN EACH OF US ACCORDING TO OUR ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES IN HIS GRACE)

THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED AMAZING GRACE!

REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PERSON WHO OWED A DEBT, AND HIS DEBT WAS FORGIVEN AFTER HE BEGGED, THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND WENT STRAIGHT TO A PERSON WHO OWED HIM, AND HAD HIM BEAT AND THREATENED HIM WITHOUT MERCY. HE DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT HIS MASTER'S GRACE AND MERCY, DID HE? MAKES ME WONDER, HOW MANY OF US GET THE FULL CONCEPT OF GOD'S MERCY, WHEN WE CAN'T FORGIVE OTHERS FOR THIER WRONGS.
(SEEMS LIKES WE HAVEN'T RECIEVED THAT FULL CONCEPT OR GRATITUDE FOR OUR FORGIVENESS)

YES IT HURTS, WHEN WE ARE LIED ABOUT, OR TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE HUMAN. (IT HURTS) BUT ----WE ARE NOW HUMANS WITH A SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH WITHIN--GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT!

--THEREFORE--WE CAN HURT AND BE HEALED BY HIS GRACE---AND STILL LOVE THOSE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CONCEPT OF GOD'S GRACE! (YES THEY ARE WRONG) THROUGH CHRIST WE HAVE THE POWER TO FORGIVE AS WE ARE FORGIVEN AND LIVE WITH THE HURT BUT NOT IN THE HURT. WE SHOULD LIVE IN THE JOY OF GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY FOR US!

REALIZING THAT GOD IS STILL WORKING ON THOSE WHO ARE HURTING OTHERS AND SHOW COMPASSION FOR THEM.

IF WE LOVE THE SINNER AND NOT THE SIN, THEY WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE. WE ARE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS WHO ARE FILLED WITH THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD ---SO WE ARE STRENGTHEN IN HIS LOVE AND WE ARE ABLE TO LOVE OTHERS THOUGH THEIR SIN --JUST AS HE LOVED US!
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(DO WE TOLERATE THE SIN WHERE WE BECOME A PART OF IT? NO WAY, LET US SHOW LOVE AND CONCERN AND THEN SEPERATE OURSELVES FROM THAT SIN AND LIVE ON WITH JESUS, BEING COMPASSIONATE TO THOSE WHO HURT OTHERS, LOVING AND KIND. BUT YET LIVE A CONSCECRATED LIVE FOR CHRIST!)
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JESUS SAID TO PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES! NOT JUST SO THAT THEY BE CHANGED--BUT SO THAT WE BE CHANGED TO STAND STRONG IN HIS GRACE AND LOVE WITHOUT FALLING INTO SIN OURSELVES!
(NOW THAT'S GOOD-! DEFINITELY FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT!)
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SHOW SOME CHRIST LOVE TO SOMEONE TODAY!!!
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REMEMBER --GOD'S MERCY IS MADE NEW EVERYDAY! LET'S ASK FOR FOGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS FROM YESTERDAY, LEARN FROM THEM, RECIEVE GOD 'S FORGIVENESS FOR TODAY , AND SET OUR MINDS TO MOVE ON IN CHRIST WITH JOY!
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WE SHOULD ALL BE ABOUT OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS TODAY!
(And each day}
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N-CHRIST LOVE;
ANGEL

7/18/07