{"id":330,"date":"2017-05-03T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-05-02T21:46:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:46:59","slug":"grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing Jesus must have been very aware of as he walked with his twelve disciples, teaching and ministering to them, was the importance of grace! It was essential that these men understood what was about to be released – the blessing that would follow from the death of their leader, their mentor and friend. They had to grasp that the Kingdom of God would come within them<\/a>, and that they really could be bold and free before God. Why? because he needed them to have faith<\/em> and he knew that if they were trapped in their humanity, their sin, their fear, their resentment, their desires, they would never amount to anything.<\/p>\n

Yet they were not perfect – they were fallen – yet saved – human – yet born again of the Holy Spirit. Grace needed to be a supporting structure beneath them, inspiring acts of miraculous faith, underpinning each letter, each preach and drawing the lost like a magnet to the Father heart of God! Grace makes us whole, it makes us free, it makes us humble, it makes us giving, it makes us ask – safe in the knowledge that we do not earn our way<\/a> into God’s kingdom but receive our way by inviting Jesus into our hearts. And it worked!! Think now – if the Holy Spirit wasn’t a real tangible intimacy with an eternal God – how<\/strong> – how on earth would just twelve men have carried the message in the transformational way they did? It’s a message that is still bright and clear today. Grace is real. Invite Jesus into your life today.<\/p>\n

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me”. (Rev 3:20, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One thing Jesus must have been very aware of as he walked with his twelve disciples, teaching and ministering to them, was the importance of grace! It was essential that these men understood what was about to be released – the blessing that would follow from the death of their leader, their mentor and friend. 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