Giving makes us feel good!
God is in a good mood, because
He so loved the world that He gave…

the end result:

God is no longer holding your sins against you!
Jesus was condemned and punished
so you would never have to be!!
Jesus came to love you!
Let Him!!

Gary Marchinke

"For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself,
no longer counting people's sins against them.
This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others!
(11 Corinthians 5:19)

LOVED, VALUED, ACCEPTED
AND
FORGIVEN FOREVER

"I have loved you with an everlasting love"
(Jeremiah 31:3)

"O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever."
(Psalm 136:1)

"He has made us accepted in the beloved!"
(Ephesians 1:6)

"For by one offering He has perfected
forever those who are sanctified."
(Hebrews 10:14)
 

My Loving Heavenly Father;

Thank you for grace,
your eternal, unmerited favor!
The door to your Kingdom,
your heart, and your love is wide open!

You call me your child and your beloved.
I call you my father and the lover of my soul.
According to your glorious Word,
I am loved and not despised.
I am valued and not unworthy.
I am accepted and not rejected.
I am forgiven and not condemned.
I am now free from all condemnation in Christ!

I come to your throne with reverence and boldness,
to receive healing, liberation and restoration
for every area of my life!
Thank you for forgiving all my sins.
Thank you for supplying all my needs.
Thank you for my liberty.
Thank you for your love.
Thank you for new life,
abundant life,and eternal life.

Thank you for Jesus, the sweetest name I know!

WE ARE THE FORGIVEN!

"He who hears my Word and believes in Him who sent me
has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment,
but has passed from death into life." (John 5:24)

"There is therefore now no condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus."  (Romans 8:1)

God is Love – Love Always Forgives!!

Salvation is innocence by association.
Forgiveness is our inheritance in Christ.
Forgiveness is liberation from all condemnation.

Forgiveness is God's declaration that He will never stop loving you!
We are forgiven for yesterday, for today, for tomorrow and forever!

Forgiveness comes by simple grace.
God forgives all our sins.

God always forgives because His mercy endures forever!
Forgiveness is the good news that God is not mad at you!
Forgiveness is the very nature, character, and essence of God!
Forgiveness is one of God's basic benefits!

Forgiveness means canceled debt!
Jesus is the God of the fresh start!
Jesus is forgiveness!

Forgiveness is a liberating spiritual force!

Forgiveness is born of God and overcomes the world!

God forgives and forgets!

God forgives and remits our sins!
We are the forgiven, liberated and righteous Body of Christ!

Good News:
God is not holding our sins against us!


Recipe for Success:

I receive God's forgiveness!
I forgive others – I forgive myself!

You don't have to live in condemnation!
You don't have to live in defeat!
God forgives – Let Him!
 

THE RACE:  WE WIN IF WE STAY IN!

"The race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong…"
 Ecclesiastes 9:11

Praise God for His mercy and grace,
This is a different kind of race.

We don't have to be the biggest.
We don't have to be the strongest.
We don't have to be the fastest.

We can be the smallest, weakest
and slowest, and still win!

We just have to finish.
We just have to stay the course.
We just have to keep going.

It's not about a major effort.
It's about a simple decision –
a simple commitment!

Here's the secret:

Just stay in the race and you win!

BOUNCING BACK

"Bretheren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
(Philippians 3:13-14)

We all fail, fall, flip and flop.

But, if I go down I don't stay down.

If I get out of fellowship, I don't stay out. 

If I compromise, I don't keep compromising.

If I sin, I don't run away from God, I run to God.

At my Heavenly Father's House the welcome mat is always out. At my Father's House, it is never the end, it is always the
 beginning!
Who is my father? 
He is the God of the fresh start!

"O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
For His mercy endures forever."
(Psalm 136:1)

ENTERING GOD'S REST

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11.28)

"There remains therefore a rest for the people of God"
(Hebrews 4:9)

Our Most Gracious Heavenly Father:

Thank you for the finished work of the cross – your love gift to me. The New Testament is not about do, do, do. It's about done, done, done!! It is finished, and God is love, and Jesus is Lord, and Salvation is mine, and I am liberated!  It's all about grace – your eternal unmerited favor!! I embrace grace, not as a license to sin, but as my one and only chance to succeed. Grace produces rest. There is rest for me. There is rest in peace for the living!  I believe in the peace that passes all understanding. It's the peace that the world did not give to me and cannot take away from me.  I resist the urge to worry.  I resist the urge to be anxious.  I resist the urge to fear.  I resist the urge to be a religious workaholic. I cast all my cares on you because you care for me. I cast my cares and I keep on casting them; every day, every hour and every minute.  The Lord is my shepherd and my needs are met; every day, every hour and every minute.

Peace and rest are my inheritance in your Kingdom. Father, thank you for the gift of righteousness. I can rest in my righteousness, knowing I am not condemned at any time, but loved at all times.

"In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength."
(Isaiah 30:15)

"The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings and in quiet resting places."
                                         (Isaiah 32:17-18)