Liberating Grace 4

Hello Everyone,

LET GOD HANDLE THINGS

You think that if you can just control things, then they'll be perfect.

If I can control my spouse, then we'll have a perfect marriage.

If I can control my kids, they'll never get in trouble and always be safe.

If I can control my career, my path will be assured.

If I can control the people around me, the world will be a better place.

So what do you do when you can't control the uncontrollable things in life?

1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."

Casting is letting GO. You have to let go and let God do His thing. Let God handle the things of your life.

Proverbs 14:30 "A relaxed attitude lengthens a man's life."

Things don't have to be perfect for me to be happy. Things don't have to be perfect for me to enjoy them.

There is no perfect marriage because you've got imperfect people. Who thinks you can put two imperfect people together and have a perfect relationship?

There are no perfect kids. There is no such thing as a perfect body. There is no perfect church. There is no perfect job.

The Bible says nothing is perfect except God's WORD.

If you're waiting for that perfect environment for you to enjoy life, it's not going to happen.

Learn to love this moment! Everything does not have to be perfect for you to enjoy the moment.

Paul said it like this, "I've learned to be content in whatever situation I am. I've learned to be content no matter what state I'm in."

Notice he says, "Learned".

You see things on TV and think, "How in the world did I live without that?

My life is incomplete until I get that product, use that service, have that experience, look like that, etc." You have to learn to be content. It's learned!

Remember how you got into God's family in the first place.

In Ephesians 2:8 it says "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith."

If you don't get saved by GRACE you're not saved. There's no other way to get into Heaven except by GRACE.

You'll never be good enough, you'll never be perfect enough, you'll never earn enough, you can't buy your way in.

The way you got into the Christian life is the way you continue the Christian life.

The way you became saved is the way you continue to be saved.

By grace, through faith.

You need to understand that literally everything in your life is a GIFT from God.

The air you breathe is a gift of GRACE. The mind that you have is a gift of GRACE.

The ability to hear and see is a gift of God's GRACE -- you wouldn't have it, you certainly didn't earn it.

Everything that God does in your life, He does for one reason – GRACE!

God teaches you by GRACE. God forgives you by GRACE. God guides you by GRACE -- not because you deserve it.

God uses you by GRACE. God gives you gifts and talents by GRACE. God blesses your life by GRACE. God gives you friends and family and freedom by GRACE.

Absolutely nothing in your life did you earn.

You say, "I earn my salary, my income." Where do you think you got the ability to make that money? The ability came from God.

Everything in your life, you owe to God. It's all by GRACE.

Trust in God's grace.

Have you been robbed of your joy and your freedom?

You can live in a self imposed prison of perfectionism or you can take the next step and find liberation and freedom today.

Greater Things Are Still to Come!