Faith

“For by grace you have been saved trough faith; and that bit of yourselves, it is a gift of God;  it as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

Y’all God loves us and His salvation is a free gift to us.  We can’t earn it.  We can’t love others enough and we can’t do enough good things.  When we feel like we fail He comes and sustains us again.  There is no where we can go to escape His love (Psalm 139).  Y’all I feel like I fail sometimes because I don’t love people the way I should.  James 2 talks about how we are supposed to love everybody regardless of who they are and I feel like I fail at that.  I’m so thankful that God takes my sin  and He makes me new.  It is because of Him that we are able to love anybody at all.  I’m thankful that God is love and that He loves me.   We are saved by faith not works y’all.  It is a gift of God. He takes us at our lowest while we are still sinners and He redeems us and makes us new.  Great is His faithfulness!


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  1. NinaJanuary 17, 2019 at 5:22 PM

    Praise God for His love, mercy and grace in our lives. Romans 8:38-39 is a verse that sustains us.

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