Posts

Showing posts with the label Youth

NOT CHEAP GRACE

NOT CHEAP GRACE   John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.   1 Peter 2:24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree (cross), that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed. What types of sons and daughters are you?   Are you saying that if your parents have asked you to empty the smelly trash or clean up the kitchen on weekends, you have decided not to be their sons and daughters? This can’t be because you know they are your parents!   Similarly, do you know God has become your Heavenly Father the day you accepted HIM as your Lord and Saviour? There is a spirit born into us the moment we confess, “God, I want to believe in You and accept You as my Lord and Saviour.” Between us and our parents, we are born of flesh and blood. But between God and us, we are born of His Spirit. Those born of God’s spirit are a new creation ; the old (sinful li...

A NEW CREATION

A NEW CREATION   Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” ‭‭ We often shrink when we are going to do something difficult. We first thought about the difficulties and hardships but failed to think about the outcomes.  A gathering filled with plenty of friends may be an opportunity for one to break away from isolation. Away from the cycles of loneliness, anti-socialism, boredom, quietness and old lifestyles.  The day we accepted the Lord as our God and Saviour, we are a new creation in Christ Jesus. Old things and old lifestyles have passed away, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. ‭‭ God desires to recreate us to be that new person, ready to assume the destiny HE has designed for us to walk. Do you want that old you or you want a new and better version of yourself that God (the potter...