I hope that we have been living by our faith this week. Why is this so much easier to say than to do? Why is it so hard to surrender all of my life over to Jesus and live completely by faith each day? Why do I constantly feel the need to take control of one area or another and "take care of it" for Him? As I was reading our morning devotion to the children at breakfast today, I came across a quote from Franklin Graham that really resounded in my heart. It says this, "There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because He is the living Lord." If I really believe this with all of my heart (and I do), then it should not be hard for me to have faith. But yet it often is because of my sinful nature and the desire that I have inside to need to be in total control. Just another example of how the Christian life is a process. Everyday learning to submit to His will and authority for my life.
This week will will look at Ephesians 2:8-10 which reminds us that we are saved by faith and not works. These verses are some that you have heard all of your life in Sunday School. Meditate on them this week and see how your faith is strengthened. After all, there is nothing that we can do to earn our salvation. It is a gift from God. Let's treat it like that and show Him our gratitude and thankfulness by fulfilling those good works He prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through fatih-and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God - not of works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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