"LIFE CHANGING"
There is only one thing that can change a life; it is "KNOWING THAT YOU
ARE LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY"!! That is what changed mine!! When I
say "KNOWING", I mean experiencing His unconditional love!! "KNOWING"
in a way that no one can ever take it from you or can ever change your
mind!! He used my mother, who is a minister, to come into the nightclub,
where I was working, to tell me that He love me right where I was at. It touched me so,
that I thought that I was going to melt, just like butter!! Never had I felt
His love so strong!! It was this marvelous, amazing love that caused me
to desire Him above all else!! In Jeremiah and in Ezekiel, He promised that
He would give us a new heart and cause us to walk in His path of righteous-
ness!! How AWESOME!!! We were chosen by Him!! we did not choose Him!
He mysteriously changes the desire of our hearts and causes us to surrender
everything that we "THOUGHT" was important!! He has never taken anything
from me that He didn't replace it with 100 fold more peace, peace of mind,
peace of heart; joy unspeakable and full of glory!! and knowing that He is
making all things right, maybe not in man's eyes, but in His love!! He is also
bringing us out of religious beliefs that men have put on us for a long time.
He is removing all fear through His perfect love for us!! Did you know that
He even abolished sin in the flesh? That where there is no more law, there
is no more sin? He fulfilled the law in the flesh!! for He knew that we
could not keep the law. Now we have only two commandments; that we love
Him with all our heart, mind, and strength; and that we love our neighbor as
ourself. The only way that we can keep these two commandments is through
"KNOWING" the love of God for us!! When we truly know that we are loved
unconditionally; then we know that ALL are loved unconditionally!! As long
as we think that we did something to deserve His grace and love, we will
judge each other. This is called SELF-RIGHTEOUS!! Example: I chose to
believe, I accepted the Lord, I quit doing certain things, etc. In other
words, because I think that I did something, I am expecting you to do
something too. We are the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus!!
But His Word says that: By His grace(undeserved favor) we
are saved; through FAITH, and THAT NOT OF YOUR OWN, it is the GIFT of
God. It has nothing to do with us, lest we boast!!! We are His workman-
ship!! We are the planting of the Lord; that HE be glorified!!!
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