Lamentations 3:22-24

Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning ;
Great is Your faithfulness.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul,
"Therefore I hope in Him!"

Nothing to say. Just blown away by the Lord's goodness.

When you force your will upon God, you are always setting yourself up for failure. What seems sweet in the beginning, is always a bitter thing in the end.

So I took this whole post from my friend Jon Clayton over at http://laboringinthelord.com/

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 Peter 1:3-5 ESV)

Praise God that He would be so good to not just save us, but to actually cause us to be saved. Calvinists call this irresistible grace (no I am not…). But we are so fallen that if God did not draw us, we would not, no could not respond (Romans 3:10).This is characteristic of fallen human nature.

But God (Ephesians 2:4) did calls us. Not only He call us to salvation, He PROVIDED the salvation Himself. And then, like this was not enough, He has kept and guarded this salvation for us!!!

Praise God indeed!

So, are we responding with life-changing faith as we encounter the living Jesus in the pages of Scripture? Is our life being changed by the depth and breadth of these incredible promises? In what ways are these changes evident?

A faith that cannot change my life cannot save my soul. — Charles Spurgeon

(Jon is the Lead Pastor of Calvary Bible Fellowship in West Springfield, MA.and is a wonderful man of God. I encourage you to check his blog everyday. He always has something great posted or something great to say).

Isaiah 49:16: "See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands..."

Oh, how He loves you and me
Oh, how He loves you and me
He gave His life, What more could He give?
Oh, how He loves you
Oh, how He love Me
Oh, how He loves you and me

A Gospel for All of Us

From my friend Jon Clayton over at: http://laboringinthelord.com/

“A gospel which is only about the moment of conversion but does not extend to every moment of life in Christ is too small.

A gospel that gets your sins forgiven but offers no power for transformation is too small.

A gospel that isolates one of the benefits of union with Christ and ignores all the others is too small.

A gospel that must be measured by your own moral conduct, social conscience, or religious experience is too small.

A gospel that rearranges the components of your life but does not put you personally in the presence of God is too small.” — Fred Sanders

John 3:30: "He must increase, but I must decrease."

I do not believe in setting resolutions, but if I did, this is what I would want in 2011.