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...

We Are Alive Together With Christ(Ephesians 2) When we read Ephesians 2:1-10, we see how Paul differentiates between a life before coming to faith and a life after coming to faith. He reminds us that after coming to faith in Christ, we are raised up and seated on the throne of Christ. Ephesians 2:11-22 shows us how Gentiles were first without Christ and how they were transformed through Christ and in Christ. A life before coming to faith in Christ Before we came to Christ, we were: 1.       Dead in our transgressions and sins 2.        Following the ways of this world and the devil 3.        Disobedient 4.       Fulfilling the desires of the flesh and mind A life after coming to faith in Christ A life after coming to faith in Christ was one that was transformed by God. That even when we were dead in our transgressions: 1.       God r...

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What does it mean to be "Blessed'? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the term 'blessed' as 'having a sacred nature: connected with God '. When Paul says in verse 3 in Ephesians 1 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ", it means that God has already given us everything we need to be connected with Him. In achieving these blessings the holy spirit allows them to make us holy, having a sacred nature. Verse 4 in Ephesians explains that God chose US , you and me, before the world began to be holy and blameless .  Ephesians 1:5-6 (ESV) "He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which which he has blessed us in the Beloved." He thought of your name and it was his desire for you to be his child, in love! Because of Jesus we have redemption, ...

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John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."