GracePerfected

So recently I have been listening to an old Malayalam song,   “Rakshidavine kanka Paapi” . For past few days every time I hear this song it has drawn me nearer to the cross, so before my prayer time I listen to this song and I meditate on the cross and the one who took that cross gladly for me.  “ Greater love has no one than this that someone lay down his life for  his friends"  John:15:3 Couple weeks ago, we celebrated Valentines day with our loved ones. Society has commercialized it so much that it now puts pressure especially on men to make their woman feel loved, pampered etc., and social media plays a huge role in this which makes the single person insecure of not being in relationship, I have been there done that. I was never a fan of Valentine’s Day for the apparent reason and still I am not because I don’t need a day to know that I am loved or that I am special. My husband does a good job of making me feel special every day. On top of that, I know...

     So I know that Ephesians is the book Grace Perfected is focusing on, but as I was doing my daily reading of Luke God spoke to me about something and I felt I should post it on here to encourage you all. About three times this week and even in sermons spoken before at church, God has been reminding me these four words: "Take up your cross ".  Luke 14:27 says, "and anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple". I learned that a disciple isn't someone who is the most knowledgable about God, but the word disciple is the title of a person who is a student of a teacher. If you are a disciple of Christ, then that means you're the student and Jesus is your teacher. I don't know about you, but I want to be learning from Jesus. A pastor at CC Philly explained that Jesus' twelve disciples were not just the men that followed Jesus and performed miracles in His name. They were literal students of Jesus, learning and observing every...