God's promises by grace and faith

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Hello Church Family,

This week we are talking about our ability to access the promises of God! 

This is important because alot of us tend to look at the situations that we are in, and we allow the situations to dictate to us the measure of God's love for us, and if He wants to bless us or not.  First, let me say that God loves you and doesn't want to withhold any good thing from you, according to Psalm 84:11. God's heart and desire for us remains constant...halelluiah!

Galatians Chapter 3, verses 15-20 declare that God made a promise to Abraham and his Seed.  Also it states that this Seed was Jesus, and the promise itself was made 432 years before the Law.  It's important to know that grace, faith and access of the promises began before the Law was ever given.  The bible declares that the Law can not provide salvation.  That means my ability to live right and do right can never give me access to God's promises or make me pleasing before the Father.  Lets read some verses: "Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe." (Gal. 3:21-22, NIV) Verse 26 says this: "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,...", and verse 29: "If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

You see, our standing with God is by grace, by faith and through the Seed of Abraham, Jesus Christ..  Our faith is believing on what Christ has done, and then we are saved by grace, period. Now we have access to all of the promises of God, just as Abraham did! Christ did all the work, and no one can declare you are not worthy.  You have been made worthy by the sacrifice of the Lamb of God. Receive it and declare His promises in your life! 

You are blessed,

Pastor Art  

Mutter and utter

Use your powers for good.

You (yes, you!) have been given a mouth to speak like your heavenly Father.  HIS words about every area of your life can be what you say!  Everything with God starts with a word- "Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light." (Genesis 1:3 NLT).

  God is wanting to use your mouth to speak His way of thinking in the earth.  Will you use your time to fill your heart with His Word?  Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, so let's get our spirits filled up with what He says! God gives life to the dead, and calls those things that are as though they were (Romans 4:17).

Will you let Him revive your life - your family, your job situation, your body, your hope and outlook on life - by His Word?  He desires to do that for you and for His glory...know that beyond a shadow of a doubt. Let's choose today to let His words and His perspective be what we utter.

 Use your powers of speaking for His good, and watch the Lord bring the awesome results!

He loves you so amazingly much,

Copastor Dee