My New Years Resolution!

 

My New Year's Resolution:

My New Year's resolution is SENSATIONAL LIVING! 

This will not be found in fleeting pleasures, possessions and wealth, nor the denial of inevitable effects of aging. It will be found in JESUS CHRIST and the SENSATIONAL LIFE He came to give you and I. Won't you please join me?

In the coming New Year, 2017 I pray,

If you do not know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior I pray you come to know Him.

If you know Him I pray you come to know Him better.

And I pray you are set free to follow His will for your life.

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan <3

ALL WHO EMBRACE GOD'S GRACE BECOME "FREE INDEED"

If, therefore the Son 

shall make you free, 

   you shall be free indeed. 

John 8:36

It was for freedom that

Christ set us free. 

Gal. 5:1

Embrace means that we accept God’s Grace readily or gladly. Using it as a means of more freedom in our own personal life and a opportunity to eagerly lead others into more freedom. 

Free from what???

• Free from our condemning ourself
• Free from guilt and shame
• Free from the damnable impulses we can not stop when we are in bondage to sin
• Free from the frustration of others opinions, expectations and demands

Free to what???

• Free to love others as I love myself
• Free to obey The Lord and do the right thing
• Free to forgive others as well as ourself
• Free to allow others to be who they are, which may be different from us
• Free to live beyond the limitations of our own human efforts
• Free to serve and glorify Jesus Christ
• THE POSSIBILITIES ARE UNLIMITED!

The Grace of God focuses on who He is and whose we are and what He has done for us. The Grace of God takes the focus of you and I and that is God's amazing Grace and freedom indeed!!!

So....... let's embrace more of God's Grace today!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan 

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AM I A GRACE GIVER OR A GRACE KILLER?

Do not nullify God's Grace! This means do not make the Grace of God of no effect in our life and in the lives of our family. Gal. 2:21


Do not treat God's gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God! 
In my family!!!



Knowing and believing in MORE GRACE is one thing! Living it is not so easy! Do you agree?!?
As I consider the scripture above, I pause and ask myself, "Am I a grace giver or a grace killer in my loved ones lives?" If I want to become a greater blessing in my families lives and see answered prayer, I must learn to be a GRACE GIVER!!!

What is it that hinders MORE GRACE from flowing through me?  This is what I am learning:

A huge hindrance is my attempt to control and change them by using tactics which nullify the Grace of God.

Those tactics use:

• guilt trips, 
• shame techniques and 
• sneaky manipulations

The person called GRACE, whom you and I are becoming, is learning to PROMOTE AND RELEASE  MORE GRACE not nullify it's effect!

How do we promote and release more grace?

• yes, speak truth in love, from God's word,
• but do not be-labor the truth,
• give them space and time,
• re-affirm our unconditional love for them,
• refuse to play God in their life, and
• release them to the Lord's care, timing and ways.

Indeed, this may sound simple and easy, but it is tougher than it may seem, as we wait to see our loved ones delivered from the pit and corruption. 

Nothing can change us and ours like MORE GRACE. It's effects will be profound, far-reaching and life changing!

As we dedicate ourselves to the grace tactics above, practicing them daily, we will free ourselves to give full attention to God changing us into His and their GRACE GIVERS!!! 

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan <3

GRACE Hates Sin but Loves the Sinner!

Hello MORE GRACE Seekers,

I pray all is well with you and yours. I pray you are continuing your journey into MORE GRACE, receiving for yourself MORE GRACE from God your Father and Lord Jesus Christ and learning to give MORE GRACE to your loved ones. That's what this journey is all about!

That's our goal and some days are easier than others. Don't you agree?

The bible says to abhor sin but to love the sinner. Romans 12:9. This process, within my own immediate family, is one of the most difficult parts of my journey.

I am reminded of the question I considered as I began this journey, "How can I be a greater blessing to my family in this last third of my life?"

At this time, I see some of my loved ones conforming to this world, this age, fashioning themselves after and adapting to the world's customs, (Romans 12:2)
How do I judge the sin and confront the sin in my loved ones lives and love them, as God did and does? How do I allow GOD'S GRACE, unmerited favor and love flow through me to them?

As always, I pray for my loved ones to change and in the process God desires to change me! One of the several fruits of His Spirit being developed in me is God's GOODNESS. It is an attitude of moral excellence and standing up for right. And I must say, this takes COURAGE, which I was not born with! The goodness hates sin! It stands up for truth! But does not withhold LOVE and GOD'S GRACE!

GOODNESS speaks truth in love. It has the courage to confront the sin when God compels it to. Yet, with adult children or grands it doesn't belabor things. The important message to our loved ones is, yes we hate sin but we will always love them! This is definitely a time to allow GOD'S GRACE to flow through us, the unmerited love and favor of God - that He shows to all of us when we struggle with sin.

I have been praying the serenity prayer often!!! I am practicing letting go and letting God be God in their life. And.... sadly to say, letting go, giving my adult child or grand to the consequences of their sin which is extremely hard for me. Yet, I will never give up on God to deliver them from the pit and corruption and to satisfy their life with GOOD! Psalms 103

This is truly a higher level of education for me. It's a new way of living and acting, free from controlling and enabling and fixing my loved ones, which hasn't worked! I am also seeing it will be a new way of talking. Holy Spirit and I are working on that now. I'll report progress later.

GOD'S GRACE shows unconditional love and acceptance. I am learning though, acceptance of the person is not approval of the sin. Acceptance means acknowledging what is TRUE. It means acknowledging what the bible says about morality and the potential dangers involved with the sin. It also acknowledges they are my family and I will always love them! It acknowledges GOD'S GRACE is profound, and its effects on my family will be both far reaching and life changing just like it has for me!!! GOD'S GRACE never gives up and neither will I!!!

If you relate to what I am experiencing, be encouraged. We are growing in GRACE and learning how to be a greater blessing to our family!

May God's Grace and Spiritual Blessings and your Soul's Peace be multiplied to you, from your Father and Lord Jesus Christ! Galatians 1:3

Enjoy Your Journey! (no matter what the circumstances are)

Joan <3

GRACE and My Soul's PEACE

To continue the thought of MORE GRACE, MORE FREEDOM (last post) we must look at our soul and how it can hinder our receiving and giving MORE GRACE.

This is another study I have enjoy over the years, the study of the soul. How our soul is our mind, will and emotions. How our soul can be wholly filled with God's GRACE and PEACE. How our soul and God's Spirit can be in harmony and use our body as the means of expression. It's awesome knowledge that has truly helped to set me free.

You see, I am strongest emotionally. Therefore, I truly needed freedom from being so negatively affected by something unpleasant or by what others did or didn't do. I needed my soul's PEACE multiplied to me. This was spoken of in the Bible, Gal. 1:3, Amplified Bible

May GRACE and your SOUL'S PEACE be multiplied to you!

The Hebrew word for peace is "Shalom". It is a common biblical greeting that meant both the absence of conflict and God's greatest blessing. SOUL'S PEACE means the absence of conflict between our soul and God's Spirit.

What about you? Were you born strongest emotionally? Were you born with a very strong will? Or were you born strongest intellectually. Has there been a conflict going on in the area you are strongest? Most probably so. May GOD'S GRACE and your SOUL'S PEACE  be multiplied to you. This can happen! I am living proof!

Because I am strongest emotionally I get really upset when the storms of life come. When something unpleasant happens or when someone does or doesn't do something they should. And because I am strongest emotionally I must have a strong anchor! That anchor is JESUS, the ANCHOR OF MY SOUL! Hebrew 6:19. HE multiples my SOUL'S PEACE and my conflict subsides. My negative emotions change to a positive attitude that says, "JESUS WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS and NO MATTER WHAT I FEEL OR SEE HE IS WORKING MIGHTILY"! 

Be blessed! I bind up and away from you the conflict in your soul and release peace in your soul and God's greatest blessings, in Jesus name! A peaceful state in which you give Praise to God continually!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan <3 

P.S. I hope you will give this some thought and prayer.

MY GRACE, MORE FREEDOM!

FREEDOM to FLY!!!

FREEDOM: 

• the state of not being a slave or prisoner
• the state of not being negatively affected by something unpleasant or by what someone does or doesn't do
• the feeling of being light-hearted and at ease
• the ability to move and act quickly
• the ability to be above things of this world
• the ability to fully enjoy the Grace of God!

Doesn't just the definition of freedom sound good? That's where we are going!!!
This is what I was told in my text book about the freedom I can expect as I receive MORE GRACE.

• I will gain a greater appreciation for God's gifts to me
• I will become less focused on me and more focused on God my Father, Jesus my Savior and Holy Spirit
• I will be free to live beyond the limitations of my human efforts
• I will be quicker to forgive myself and be a greater blessing to God
• I will spend less time and energy being critical of and concerned about others choices
• I will be quicker to forgive others
• I will become more tolerant and less judgmental
• I will be a greater blessing to my family 

Well, needless to say, this caught my attention, hook, line and sinker! I knew I was in the right school of learning! This is the person "GRACE" that I want to become! How about you???

THE GOOD NEWS IS: As I continue this journey I am truly experiencing MORE FREEDOM in my life!!! It is a wonderful place to be!!! It is such a relief to receive MORE GRACE! Such FREEDOM! 

Let me encourage you to stay the course! Continue your journey! And.......together, with God, we will finish well!!!

Enjoy Your Journey,

Blessings,

Joan<3
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MY GRACE VERSUS MY PERSONALITY!!!

I absolutely love the study of personalities! I spent many years learning how uniquely we are all made. How we all have strengths and weaknesses. And how to have a personality transformed more into the image of Christ. Because of this knowledge, as I began pursuing MORE GRACE, I asked myself and Holy Spirit, “are there weaknesses in my personality that could hinder my journey into MORE GRACE”? And thus began my study into this, learning to transform my weakness into strengths for this journey!

I shared with you in my last post that being a perfectionist can be a hindrance. Keeping me from fully enjoying my GRACE PARTIES! 

Another personality weakness, is my very deep and analytical mind. The Bible says in 

James 4:6b 

God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, 

But gives grace (continually) to the lowly, 

(to those who are humble enough to receive it). 

MORE GRACE is given to those who have a humble attitude. Humble in the dictionary also means SIMPLE. The GRACE of God is meant to be simply received not denied and nullified, not debated, dissected and analyzed to death!

Keep things simple is my new attitude, one of simply receiving and enjoying the GRACE of God!

There is another personality weakness I would like to share with you which can hinder my receiving MORE GRACE. That is, I tend to become overwhelmed easily! 

At every new level of learning, the devil comes to distract me with many concerns and interests! He comes now because He does not want me to receive MORE GRACE, more importantly, he does not want me to give MORE GRACE! 

If I allow him to overwhelm me I will become upset in thoughts and feelings, distressed, depressed and oppressed. My focus will be divided with many concerns. I will become paralyzed and my journey end into MORE GRACE. BUT GOD……….

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, at this level of learning, Holy Spirit is making me more aware of my weaknesses and the devils tactics! Awareness is the first step to making progress on our journey!

Shaking the devil off and telling him where to go is my new attitude!

And staying focus on my pursuit into MORE GRACE for me and mine!!!

What about you? Are there things about your personality that can hinder your journey into MORE GRACE? Ask Holy Spirit and He will show you! A very good resource is the book, Transforming Your Temperament by Tim LaHaye. :)

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,
Joan <3

MY GRACE "PARTY" !!!

Yes, GRACE is the undeserved favor and blessings of God. And yes, GRACE is God's divine enablement within me! 

But, at this amazing level, the expanded definition is the pleasure and joy God has for me!  

It's my GRACE Party! And you are invited too! :)

To illustrate this expanded definition I want to tell you a story!

Once upon a time there was a young girl. She was very close to her father and wanted to please him. Her father raised her in love and protection. He taught her right from wrong.

One day she did something very wrong. She was convicted and went to her father and confessed. She cried and told her father she was so sorry. He forgave her and held her in his arms.

That night, early in the evening, he came in her room and told her to get up and dress in her best. He was going to take her to a really nice restaurant. She was thinking, "WOW, how can my father do this for me, the horrible person that I am"? 

They arrived and everything was so beautiful. It was a party atmosphere which her father had planned for her. Yet, she could not join in the party. She could not receive the pleasure and joy He had for her now!

Her father had provided for her a GRACE PARTY. He was giving her something she did not deserve. Offering to her unmerited favor. Yet, she could not let herself fully enjoy it! She could not receive the pleasure and joy He had for her now! 

This young girl reminds me of me. One of my personality weaknesses carried to an extreme is I am a perfectionist. Perhaps that is a weakness of yours too. After a failure we tend to stay mad at our self far too long!

This new person, "GRACE", whom I am becoming, is learning how not to miss out on her GRACE PARTIES! After her mistakes she hears Holy Spirit saying," repent, relax and enjoy your GRACE PARTIES and let God give you the pleasure and joy He has for you today and forever"!

What about you? Can you let yourself enjoy your GRACE PARTIES? Will you let yourself enjoy God's GRACE after you get in trouble and after your repent? At your GRACE PARTIES do you sit in the corner sad and depressed with condemnation and self-pity? Or, do you let yourself fully enjoy your GRACE PARTY?

I WANT TO FULLY ENJOY MY GRACE PARTIES!!! I WANT TO FULLY ENJOY THE PLEASURE AND JOY GOD FOR FOR ME TO THE FULLEST!!! 

Thank you Heavenly Father! Thank you Jesus! Thank you for Your Mercy and Grace! 

Look at what the Bible says, 

Psalms 103: 8-12 Message Bible

God is sheer mercy and grace;

    not easily angered, he’s rich in love.

He doesn’t endlessly nag and scold,

    nor hold grudges forever.

He doesn’t treat us as our sins deserve,

    nor pay us back in full for our wrongs.

As high as heaven is over the earth,

    so strong is his love to those who fear him.

And as far as sunrise is from sunset,

    he has separated us from our sins.

As far as the east is from the west,

He has removed our sins from us.

Let's receive MORE GRACE so we can join in the party today and everyday!

Let's enjoy the pleasure and joy God has for us to the fullest!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan <3 

MY GRACE, STICKING WITH HOW I STARTED!

Acts 13:43 Message Bible

Stick with how you started,
this living in and by God's Grace!

There have been many levels of God's GRACE in my lifetime, on both sides of the coin, which I spoke of in my last post. That is, in the undeserved favor and blessings of God and in His divine ability within me. His GRACE truly has been amazing through out my lifetime!

As you know, in September of last year I began to ask God for MORE GRACE. In this last third of my life I have vowed to be a greater blessing to my immediate family. I want to see prayers answered to a greater degree in their lives. I want to see them know God better and be set free to follow His perfect will in their life. I want to see their weaknesses turned into strengths. I want to see them delivered from pits of destruction. I want to see them made whole in Christ. I want to give them MORE GRACE in the meantime!!!

Along with my Bible, the book assigned to me by Holy Spirit is The Grace Awakening; Believing in Grace is One Thing. Living It Is Another; written by Charles R. Swindoll. After reading this book, I decided my name should be changed to "GRACE"!

Let's talk about this person "GRACE". At this new level, "GRACE" looks back and see many things and many accomplishments. To name a few:

• She founded a ministry called, King's Daughter's Ministries.
• She has traveled to many places.
• She has even written a book.

Yet, "GRACE" knows, apart from God she can do nothing!

• How did she get there? GRACE!
• How did that happen? GRACE!
• What made it possible? GRACE!
• How did she do it? GRACE!

Her only claim to fame is in the undeserved favor and blessings of God and... His supernatural ability within!

In her heart she knows, apart from God nothing is possible, apart from God she can do nothing! But.....with God all things are possible!!!

This is the attitude the Bible says in James 4:6 which God gives MORE GRACE to. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! "GRACE" is in the right position to receive MORE GRACE!!! 

I am looking forward to our continued journey into MORE GRACE!

Stick with how you started,this living in and by God's Grace and ..........

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan <3

MY GRACE: THE COIN OF GRACE

Another level of my school of GRACE was called THE COIN OF GRACE. At this particular time in my life I received the revelation of GRACE having two sides like a coin. One side, which I have spoken of in my last post is: GOD'S GRACE being the limitless, surpassing blessings of His free gift, His unmerited favor in His kindness and goodness of heart toward me in Christ Jesus. Eph.2:7 This GRACE transformed me from a pitiful defeated christian with a very poor self-image, into a King's Daughter all glorious, praising and glorifying The Lord! Glory to God in the Highest!

I discovered there is a flip side to GOD'S GRACE. James 4:6(a) says God gives me MORE and MORE GRACE, that is the power of the Holy Spirit, to meet my evil tendencies fully! This GRACE is the ministry of Holy Spirit in me! This GRACE is divine enablement! This GRACE is the power of Holy Spirit in my life enabling me to do whatever God instructs me to do! (and you!) It has nothing to do with our natural abilities but the supernatural abilities of God with us and in us!

This GRACE flows from the heart of God to save you and I and also enables us to live holy lives and accomplish the will of God! I have exercised this GRACE all of my life since this revelation. GOD'S GRACE is truly amazing. He makes the weak strong! I, no longer am distressed over my weaknesses, I am happy about them! Because in my weaknesses His strength has been and is made known to me and those looking at me! Glory to God in the Highest!!!

Join with me and exercise this GRACE in a greater way today! Repeat after me, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens and empowers me!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!
Blessings,
Joan

OH MY!!! AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF GRACE FOR ME!!!

OH MY!!! I had my outline for the many levels of GOD'S GRACE that I have experienced in the past and also the new level I am in now. Well!!! my outline has expanded MORE!!! MORE UPON MORE GRACE!!!!!

I haven't posted in the last week because........... much has been going on in my life. I have been spending some alone, quite time with The Lord and also had the tremendous blessing of attending a women's conference whose guest speaker was Billye Brim! During this conference I discovered there is an even HIGHER level of GRACE which I can go!!! And I am determined to go and ABIDE there!!!

I am in the process of organizing my notes so I can eventually share with you the MORE GRACE I am learning. I will tell you this much: This level is located in the heavenlies with Jesus by the right hand of the Father!!! This level in the Bible is found in the book of Ephesians. The highlight scripture for me is Ephesians 2:5-6. I have always heard that I am above and not beneath. I am beginning to see myself there and I'm taking you with me!!!

I hope to continue the story of MY GRACE within the next few days. So stay tuned in and pray for me as I put to words what is in my heart and God's heart for you!

Enjoy Your Journey!
Blessings,
Joan <3

JOAN'S GRACE!

MY GRACE!!!

MY BEFORE AND AFTER GRACE!!!

AND THERE IS A LOT IN BETWEEN!!! LOL!

I look forward to writing about my GRACE!
My GRACE is a very good example and many of you will relate.
In my lifetime I have come to realize there are so many levels of God's GRACE. There is GRACE upon GRACE upon GRACE! When you say, "Lord I want MORE GRACE, He takes you there gladly because the MORE GRACE we received the MORE GRACE we can give!

God's GRACE began in me when I was 19 years old.
That is 45 years ago. As James, my husband says, many, many moons ago.

I was a born again Christian leading a very defeated life. I was a young wife and mother, very distressed, depressed and condemned by my weaknesses. Yet, I was so very thankful the Lord Jesus came to save a pitiful person like me. My heart wanted to serve Him and be like Him but I failed more than not. I would sit in condemnation for days, until Paul cleared this up for me in Galatians 2:21, Amplified Bible. He says, "do not nullify the GRACE, the undeserved favor and blessings of God. Do not treat His sacrifice as something of minor importance". This helped me understand when I asked for His forgiveness I must also receive His GRACE and get up off the couch, take my robe and curlers off and begin my journey into MORE GRACE! MORE GRACE transforming me into a King's Daughter all Glorious with and without!

My GRACE at this level helped me to become  a greater blessing to my family!
God's GRACE and spiritual blessings and my soul's peace began being multiplied to me, from my Father, and my Lord Jesus Christ!!!

Can't wait to tell you more in days to come!

Enjoy Your Journey!
Blessings,
Joan

PAUL'S GRACE

The Apostle Paul's grace is a very special example of GOD'S GRACE. Especially for those of you who have thought God could not or would not use you because of your past. No one was more likely to feel that way than the Apostle Paul. In his past he tried to destroy the early church. But later, Paul received God's forgiveness and GRACE, God's undeserved favor and blessing. He wrote in Galatians 1:15, Amplified Bible, "It was God who had chosen and set me apart even before I was born and called me by His GRACE, (His undeserved favor and blessing)". 

It was because of his past Paul could sincerely preach the GRACE of GOD! So can you!!! No matter what your past was or your now is God wants to forgive you and change you and use you!!!

God has chosen and set you apart, even before you were born and is calling you by His GRACE, His undeserved favor and blessing. Won't you respond to His calling? 

Jesus wants you to stop saying your are sorry and receive His forgiveness and power for a changed life full of GRACE! Say with Paul, "I am an apostle-that is a special messenger, appointed and commissioned and sent out not by man but Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead" Galatians 1:1

GOD'S GRACE will have a profound effect on your life and will be far-reaching through you just like Paul's! God has GOOD plans for you!!!  

Enjoy Your Journey!
Blessings,
Joan <3 

MORE GRACE AFTER THE CROSS

Hopefully you have decided to join me on my journey into MORE GRACE! We have come to the Camp of GRACE which is located at the foot of the cross leaving our comfort zone and what we presently know about GRACE.  We have come to learn how to become a greater blessing to our family by receiving and giving MORE GRACE.

There is a new song today called, God’s Not Dead. It goes like this: God’s not dead He’s surely alive, He’s living on the inside, roaring like a lion! I love it, especially when my Great Gran sings it!!! The words in the song are true. Jesus is alive and is back sitting by the right hand of His Father. The good news is He sent back to earth His Spirit, Holy Spirit. He didn’t leave us helpless and hopeless. He sent His Spirit to be with us and in us helping us to live the Christian life and to live the abundant life He came to give. MORE GRACE, MORE AMAZING GRACE given to us after the Cross! We are not alone on our journey. We are greatly blessed and highly favored!

John 14: 16-17 says in the Message Bible Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. John 16: 12 says He will take us by the hand and guide us into all the truth there is.

The Amplified Bible says Holy Spirit is our Comforter, Counselor, Convincer, Helper, Teacher, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby.  We have everything we need in The Holy Spirit of Jesus!!!

To receive MORE GRACE and to give MORE GRACE we will need a more intimate friendship with Holy Spirit.

Let me ask you, have you received the ministry of the Holy Spirit? Do you have an intimate friendship with Him? This friendship is more than just an altar call. It is having a close relationship with Him in your basic everyday life and family. Do you rely on Him trusting in His abilities and not only your own?

 

What do you do at this special place on your journey? You acknowledge your dependence on Holy Spirit. You practice His presence all day, every day, while you’re doing what you’re doing.  You stop living as though you are all alone! Open your arms wide and welcome Holy Spirit to be all that Jesus sent Him to be in your life!

Oh! What amazing examples of GRACE we have seen! 2 Cor. 13:14 in the Message Bible speaks of these examples of GRACE in its purest form, “May the amazing grace of Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God and the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

Enjoy Your Journey,

Blessings,

Joan <3

MORE GRACE IN ITS PUREST FORM!

Here we are again at the Camp of Grace, located at the foot of the Cross
where GRACE is found in its purest form. Where GRACE is profound, and its effects are both far-reaching and life changing!!!

The next few blogs will answer your questions regarding “what does GRACE look like?”  The examples we will be looking at are: GOD'S LOVE; THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS; PAUL'S GRACE and MY GRACE.  

Our most perfect example of GRACE began, of course, with GOD. He sent His only Son, JESUS, as the sacrifice for our sins. He sent His only Son, Jesus, to suffer and die for our sins. What AMAZING GRACE for a Father to do such a thing!

We continue today on our journey into MORE GRACE. We continue looking at a most perfect example of GRACE which is found in the life of Jesus, God’s Son. How He walked and talked during His time on earth and the SACRIFICE OF HIS LIFE which He gave for you and me.

To begin today thought let’s look at part of the definition of GRACE found in the Bible dictionary. (There are many facets to the definitions of GRACE.) GRACE here, at this level of our journey, means the unmerited, undeserved favor of God. This favor came to earth in the person Jesus!!! He was deeply moved by the conditions of people’s hearts and lives. He saw deeply into their hearts and souls, and was moved to help them. He healed their bruised and hurt hearts and the bad effects of their bad lives. He relieved the inwardly tormented people and cured their bodily ills. He touched the untouchables. He kept company with disreputable characters according to the religious standards. He went to the lost and the confused. He offered GRACE to everyone, regardless of age, sex or race. He was God’s GRACE sent to earth and still offers it to us today in our pitiful conditions! OH WHAT AMAZING GRACE THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE I!!! In fact, even on the cross, He offered this AMAZING GRACE by saying, “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34. Even then, in that moment of horrific suffering He offered unmerited, undeserved favor, GOD’S AMAZING GRACE!!! Unbelievable but true!!! :)

These truths, both GOD’S LOVE and THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS, should not be rushed in our hearts and minds. We need to SELAH, pause and calmly think! Remember, to give MORE GRACE we need to RECEIVE MORE GRACE. And these two examples are GRACE in its purest form!

This weekend and coming week get your Bibles out and read the gospels of Jesus. I believe you will gain MORE revelation and receive MORE GRACE so you can begin to be a greater blessing to your family!

We are standing on holy ground!

Enjoy Your Journey,

Blessings,

Joan <3

GRACE IN IT'S PUREST FORM!

Come with me to the Camp of Grace, located at the foot of the Cross.
Where GRACE is found in it's purest form. Where GRACE is profound, and its effects are both far-reaching and life changing!!!

The next few blogs will answer your questions regarding what does GRACE look like? The examples we will be looking at will be: GOD'S LOVE; THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS; PAUL'S GRACE and MY GRACE.  

Our most perfect example of GRACE began, of course, with GOD. He sent His only Son, JESUS, as the sacrifice for our sins. He sent His only Son, Jesus, to suffer and die for our sins. What AMAZING GRACE for a Father to do such a thing! 

This is how the Message Bible expresses this everlasting event in John 3:16

This shows how much God loved us: He gave His Son, 

His one and only Son: so that no one should be destroyed; 

but by believing in Him, we can have a whole and everlasting life. 

GOD didn't go to all the horrible trouble of sending His Son 

merely to point an accusing finger, telling us how bad we were. 

He came to help, to put the world right again! 

At the arrival of Jesus, GOD entered history in a personal way and made it unmistakably clear that He was on our side, doing everything possible to save us. GOD'S plan was all presented and worked out in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus!

Now....... I know you have John 3:16 memorized. You may be thinking, "good grief Joan this is too elementary for me". Let me remind you, God's Spirit is calling you to a higher level of GRACE so you can be a greater blessing to your family. To give MORE GRACE you will need to RECEIVE MORE GRACE. More divine revelation which will move more from your brain to your heart. A divine, higher level of knowing how much you are loved and favored by GOD! Not just at the moment of your new birth but forever! Each and every day here and ever after!!! 

What DIVINE LOVE and UNMERITED FAVOR has been and is given to you and I and the whole world! What an PERFECT EXAMPLE OF GRACE! GRACE in it's purest form!!!

Please continue this journey into MORE GRACE with me! MORE GRACE will be profound, and its effects will be both far-reaching and life changing in us and in our families!!!

Amen??? Amen!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan

MORE Heart Healthy GRACE Exercises for You! :)

Today I will share with you MORE heart healthy GRACE exercises. There are two parts. They are both great stretching exercises and great reminders of the GRACE of GOD! 

The first one is called, Making the Sign of the Cross.   

• Bend as low as you can go and say: "I am deeply loved!"
• Reach as high as you can with your arms and stand on your tippy toes and say: "I am highly favored!"
• Spread your arms out to your side as far as you can go and say: "I am greatly blessed!" 

Repeat these until your body is really stretched and blessed. Your spirit too!!!

The second one is called, Come into the Camp of GRACE, Located at the Foot of the Cross. 
Jesus is calling YOU! He is saying, "Come to ME". He is calling you into MORE GRACE. Listen to Matthew 11: 28-30 in the Message Bible: Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? COME TO ME. Get away with ME and you will recover your life. I'll show you how to take a REAL REST (that's GRACE!). Walk with Me and work with Me, watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of GRACE. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you will learn to live freely and lightly (that's GRACE!)". WOW! How good does that sound?!?!?!?!

• COME means living your comfort zone and what you presently know. It means to move, respond, walk briskly, march and surrender all! That's the exercise! Leaving your past behind because GOD is doing a new thing! He is going to take you to a new place in His GRACE! Do this exercise physically and spiritually, all day, everyday!!! :)

I think you are ready to begin your journey into MORE GRACE. What an exciting and sensational journey it will be!!!

I will talk to you again soon!

Enjoy Your Journey,

Blessings,

Joan

Heart Healthy GRACE Exercises for You!

As you already know I am studying and walking in a new level of GRACE. 
I am 63 years of age. I have been a born again Christian for 45 years.
Guess what??? I am changing my name to GRACE!!! You will want to do the same by the time we finish this journey!!! :)

In days ahead we will walk this journey together. First, I want to share with you my heart healthy GRACE exercises. There are three parts to these exercises. Today will be Part One. I will share the names of the exercises and how to do them.

* Rest in Father God's Plan

Rest means to lean back on Him, breathe deeply and relax!

* Rejoice in Jesus' Love

Rejoice means to enjoy, celebrate and lighten-up!

Shake, shake, shake, shake the devil off!

Begin with you hands and then your feet.

*Live in God's Grace

Live means to dwell, abide, survive and thrive!

Make a church steeple with your arms 

high above your head and stretch.

* Walk in the Presence and Power of 

His Spirit, Holy Spirit

Walk means to march and make spiritual 

progress in your difficult places! You can 

do it because you are not alone!

 You will need to do several repetitions a day! I hope you will try them! They feel so wonderful!!!

Enjoy Your Journey!

Blessings,

Joan

MORE Flowers of GRACE for You!!!

MORE Flowers of GRACE for You!!!

This pursuit for MORE GRACE began in me as I considered the question, "How can I be a greater blessing to my family?" This is one of the eleven questions considered in my book, Sensational Living after 60. The Spirit of the Lord, who is right here beside me as I study and share,, began teaching me that in order to be a greater blessing to my family they need MORE GRACE extended to them from me. My response was and is each day, okay Lord teach me and let it be done in me according to Your Word and Your will. That's how my journey began.

At this juncture my prayer became Galatians 1:3
May God's Grace and Spiritual Blessings and my Soul's Peace be multiplied to me Oh Lord, from You my Father, and my Lord Jesus Christ!!! 



As you join me on this journey today, take a little time and pause and calmly think on this very special place in time. Hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying.  Respond to him by agreeing with Him and say yes I will follow You into MORE GRACE. Let the prayer above become your prayer and I  believe your life and the lives of your loved ones are going to be changed for the better! You will see! WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

Just like the flowers above. Our loved ones are little buds waiting to bloom and MORE GRACE will be their fertilizer! We are all going to be set free more to live the abundant life Jesus came to give. Isn't that exciting??? 

Just another exciting journey,
Enjoy your journey.
Blessings,
Joan