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Blessings Of the Gift

May 15, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

God saved you by his grace when you believed.

And you can’t take credit for this;

it is a gift from God.

Salvation is not a reward

for the good things we have done,

so none of us can boast about it.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Blessings of God’s Best Gift

May 14, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…praise God for the glorious gift he has poured out on us

who belong to his dear Son.

He is so rich in kindness and grace

that he purchased our freedom

with the blood of his Son

and forgave our sins.

Ephesians 1:6-7

Blessings Of Not Giving Up

May 13, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…those who live to please the Spirit

will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good.

At just the right time

we will reap a harvest of blessings

if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:8-9

Blessings of Good Fruit

May 12, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:

love,

joy,

peace,

patience,

kindness,

goodness,

faithfulness,

gentleness,

and self-control…

Galatians 5:22

Blessings of God’s Promise of Freedom

May 11, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…the Scriptures declare

that we are all prisoners of sin,

so we receive God’s promise of freedom

only by believing

in Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:22

Blessings of Believing

May 10, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

Through Christ Jesus,

God has blessed the Gentiles

with the same blessing he promised to Abraham,

so that we who are believers

might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:14

Blessings of Being Rescued

May 9, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…Christ has rescued us from the curse

pronounced by the law.

When he was hung on the cross,

he took upon himself the curse

for our wrongdoing…

Galatians 3:13

Blessings of Letting Go

May 8, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…it is clear that no one can be made right with God

by trying to keep the law.

For the Scriptures say,

“It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”

Galatians 3:11

Blessings of God’s Legal Requirement Being Satisfied

May 7, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…when I tried to keep the law,

it condemned me.

So I died to the law—

I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—

so that I might live for God.

My old self has been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live,

but Christ lives in me.

So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:19-20

Blessings of Unimaginable Grace

May 6, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

“…we know that a person is made right with God

by faith in Jesus Christ,

not by obeying the law…

…For no one will ever be made right with God

by obeying the law.”

Galatians 2:16-17

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