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You need to constantly appreciate the love of God for you. I John says, “Hereby perceive we the love of God.” Sometime we know it but we don’t believe it. Sometime we know God loves us but we don’t really apply that by faith to the nitnoids of life.
You want to know why Christian people live such lives of defeat,
so far below the snake line? They don’t start right here. I tell you that
because I’ve been pastoring over five decades, and as a pastor you sit with
people in all kind of circumstances.
Believers lay their head on the pillow at night and are wracked
with self-doubt and self-questioning; fear that they’re not doing enough,
running hard enough, pushing hard enough. You know how I know that? It’s true
of all of us.
The answer to that is peace with God. The answer’s going to be in
understanding and believing God’s grace. You got to get that and BELIEVE that.
Don’t just know it, but understand the difference.
Romans 5:2 says, “By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” You want
to bring His power into your life? You do it by faith. You trust, you believe
in what God’s done for you through Calvary. You say, “But I don’t see it, I
don’t feel it.” Who cares, it’s still real!
When failures rise in your mind, you say, “No, the Cross is the
answer for that!” You say, “O, love of God, how rich and pure,” and you believe
in that and rest in that.
(another post this evening)
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