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The e-Inspirational helping to keep you on-track
09 August 2013
Dear God-tracker
God-tracking is resting in the effort of faith in
God’s grace
“I am trying so hard,” said my young colleague on the coach to
church one Sunday morning. “I’ve prayed the prayer and I’m attending church but
it’s just so tough trying to be born again!” We were talking about how to
become a Christian. I’d quoted Jesus’ words to Nicodemus when he said, “No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Jesus was, of course, talking about how, if we desired to know God’s
forgiveness and the promise of heaven, we need to be born of the Spirit. That
is, because all of us are spiritually dead in sin, we need to be spiritually born
again to know new life in Jesus. My friend knew the theory but she was
attempting to “get born again” by working at being a good person. Truth be
told, that is an impossible feat! We can only be born again and made right
before God through faith, by God’s grace. It’s the simplest thing in the world:
admit and turn from sin, confess Jesus as Lord and believe that he died and
rose again. If my colleague had simply done this then she would have been born
again at no effort of her own.
The Bible tells us that we are saved by God’s effort through the
cross of Jesus. You see, the Lord himself has done the job by sending Jesus – the
sinless One – to take sin upon him when he was executed on the cross. This is
grace. However, the only effort we can
put in to our own salvation is to admit that we are not saved by our own effort
but by God’s effort through the cross. This is faith.
Grace and faith do apply to your salvation but grace and faith
apply also to the rest of your daily God-tracking life, too. By grace God has
given you his word – the Bible – and by faith you live by its precepts and
promises. By grace God has given you the deposit of his Holy Spirit for power
and accomplishment; by faith you live a daily miraculous life. By grace God has
empowered you to serve him and walk in holiness; by faith you grab a hold of
his purposes and glory. Today, dear God-tracker, come to Jesus and make every
effort to resign to God’s grace.
God-tracking
is resting in the effort of faith in God’s grace
Happy tracking
Dudley
If you want to know more about the
simplicity of being born again
Then e-mail dudley@godtracker.co.uk now!
It’s all in the Book. Read more:
John 3:1-21
Romans 5:2
Ephesians 2:8
1 Corinthians 5:21
V\o/W
Verse of the WeekMatthew 11:28
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Quote of
the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand
that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” --- Augustine
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
Now I step out in faith and claim your power for
purpose!
Pray:
“O Father, I understand now that I can
do nothing to earn my own salvation or to earn power for daily living. It’s
only by your grace – your effort – that I am made right before you and
empowered to fulfil your purposes. So today I resign from my own effort
to live a good life and I resign from my own effort to live a spiritual
life. By faith I grab on to your forgiveness, your power and your glory. I
repent of my sin and, by believing Jesus died and rose again, I confess him as
Lord. Now I step out in faith and claim your power for purpose! In Jesus’ name.
Amen.”
If you prayed this prayer for the first time
I would love to hear from you.
E-mail dudley@godtracker.co.uk now!
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