{"id":1310,"date":"2017-08-09T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T17:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2017-08-10T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T01:11:18","slug":"its-all-about-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/09\/its-all-about-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s All About Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August 9, 2013 at 11:20am<\/a><\/h6>\n
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When I was a little girl I was drawn to God. I use to walk to a little neighborhood church and hear them sing and pray and read God\u2019s word. At the end of each service they would sing…<\/h6>\n
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1. \u201cSoftly and tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling for you, and for me…See on the portal, He\u2019s waiting and watching, watching for you and for me…<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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[Chorus] Come home, come home Ye who are weary, come home… Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling oh sinner come home…<\/h6>\n
2. \u00a0All for a wonderful love He has promised… Promised for you, and for me…Though we have sinned he has mercy and pardon…Pardon for you and for me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
I would sing the song and my little heart would be drawn to the master! So I went forward repented of all my\u00a06 years of sinning\u00a0and at 8\/9 years\u00a0old I\u00a0was baptized in a little creek. I was home!<\/h6>\n
There have been many trials and testing\u2019s throughout the years but God has always been in my heart! It takes Grace to live this life. Grace for death and grace for living.<\/h6>\n
“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I\u2019m found was blind but now I see.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
I sang\u00a0Amazing Grace<\/em>, at my grandfather\u2019s funeral\u00a0many\u00a0years ago. It\u2019s a classic and has\u00a0been sung throughout the ages, it’s an anthem for the Christian walk. But have you ever really thought about what Grace means? It’s<\/em> God\u2019s unmerited favor<\/em>!!!!!\u201d We can’t earn it and we can’t buy it. It was Gods free gift to mankind.<\/h6>\n
Without Grace there would be no pardon of sin. Grace says, you\u2019re forgiven. It says you can bare the pain. It says you\u2019re not alone. It says I am with you always.\u00a0Grace says there\u2019s nothing you can do to be worthy enough, and it says, you don\u2019t have to bare the sorrow all by yourself. Jesus said,\u00a0“My grace is sufficient for you!”<\/h6>\n
When your heart is humble before your heavenly father and you\u2019re torn with grief and burdened with an overload of circumstances that seem insurmountable\u2026God gives His grace, His unmerited favor, all you have to do is accept it! And oh the peace that passes understanding that will come flooding into\u00a0your soul.\u00a0It\u2019s like standing on the edge of a cliff,\u00a0looking down the steep slope, wanting to jump, and\u00a0thinking no ones cares, there’s\u00a0no one to\u00a0help…but in\u00a0a flash God’s\u00a0Grace\u00a0swoops you up and carries you to safety. God\u2019s arms wrap around you and hold you securely with no fear, no doubt and no despair. Yes the Grace of God is His free gift, all you have to do is embrace it!\u00a0 His peace will give you rest and hope in every circumstance and lead you all the way home!<\/h6>\n
It is Grace through Faith\u00a0in the Lord Jesus Christ who gave us everything and bought us back from sin and death and He\u00a0will take us through everything in this life and the life to come. Accept His Grace, His free gift to you right now. Amen.<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill 8\/9\/2013<\/h6>\n
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can\u2019t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.<\/span> Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9 <\/span>New Living Translation (NLT)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n
But he said to me, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d<\/span> Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 <\/span>English Standard Version (ESV)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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