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During lunch at work on Wednesday, I shared with a friend and co-worker of mine the story of how I felt soo blessed and fully filled with The Spirit, and that, in the midst of that blessedness, I found myself constantly apologizing and asking Gods forgiveness because of every little misstep I made. At one point, I shared with my friend, I was asking forgiveness and The Lord said to me, you already have it. I also then shared with her the recent revelation Id had, which proceeded from reflecting back on The Lords telling me that I already had the forgiveness which I kept asking for: namely, that we, as Christians, need to be shifting toward being grateful for Jesus Cross rather than being deeply regretful and sorrowful over our sins. (That way, as Romans 3:25 foreshadows, the Cross of Jesus Christ is exalted, and He is exalted, rather than us being exalted by proving our worthiness through remorse, atonement, sorrow, and self-condemnation). During that same conversation, I also shared with my friend that The Lord recently gave me this revelation: that because grace, which proceeds from Jesus Cross, enables us to enjoy our Christian journeys, despite our imperfections (instead of being super hard in ourselves and thereby becoming super hard in everyone else), grace also therefore enables us to obey The New Commandment which Jesus gave us (To love God with all our hearts, minds, souls, and strength and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves). In other words, as Christians, Jesus Sacrifice, Jesus Cross (which makes all graciousness toward sinners possible) enables us to fulfill Jesus Commandments. Again, for Bible obeying Christians, Jesus Sacrifice enables us to obey Jesus Commandment to us. The two, furthermore, are, in my mind, inextricably intertwined. After I wed had this brief (believe it or not!) conversation, I went to the bathroom to be alone and kneel down and pray for a moment before I went back to work, and as I did so, I had a sort of inner-vision in my mind that God was looking down on me lovingly, and I felt a tremendous sense of His love for me--it was as though the invisible curtain between here and Heaven had been pulled back, and I saw God on His throne, looking down on me, so full of love for me, as one of His Children. I was so peaceful the rest of the day at work, after that moment in prayer--it was as though I was floating around on a cloud, or a bubble, of Gods love. I was completely at peace. I easily shrugged away any misstep I made, thinking of how much I knew, from that moment in prayer, that God loved me. With out a doubt, I interpret this moment to be a sign of Gods approval of what my co-worker and I had discussed at at lunch. A beautiful moment. God is so Good, so loving, so gracious to our little issues, so gracious to our flaws and weaknesses, so gracious to our failures. We never have to be nervous about our performance as Christians. And we must always run with total joy to God in worship and in prayer, seeking and speaking words of faith for whatever we lack or desire. #amazingchristianity
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:43:47 +0000

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