Glorious Grace Day 6: The Final Jigsaw Piece

Today’s Scripture

Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.

Romans 5:20

It is so vital that you believe in God’s love for you. Because of His super-abundant grace, your past doesn’t have to determine your future. In Christ, you have a new life, a new beginning, and a new future. Read this precious testimony I received from Daphne from the United Kingdom and see this truth reflected:

I am a recovered alcoholic who received Jesus Christ five years ago. At that time, even after being saved, I was still full of self-condemnation and found it hard to believe that Jesus really cared about me. I thought He was very angry with me and that I needed to try to be good. For us alcoholics who have been very ill with addiction, this self-condemnation and the belief that we are never going to be able to do what God expects of us often sends us back to drink, develop an addiction to drugs, and even die as a result of complications.

But when I heard Pastor Joseph Prince preach on television, suddenly, the final jigsaw piece fell into place. It was the first time I had heard about God’s grace.

After that, I bought and read Pastor Prince’s books. Grace and truth in the person of Jesus came and made all the difference. The changes happened in me once I understood and believed that everything had already been done for me at the cross, and that Jesus wanted to heal me and pour His grace into my life.

Today, Daphne sponsors many alcoholic women through a twelve-step recovery program and even runs a retreat for them. But she runs the program “with God’s grace at the forefront so that it is not a legalistic program.” She says:

When I help the women begin their journey with the program, I give them my copies of Pastor Prince’s books to read. I also show them clips of Pastor Prince’s messages.

These women now have a much better chance at lasting freedom. Before receiving the message of grace, they had the same wrong beliefs I had. Like me, they believed that they could never live up to what an angry God of judgment expects of them. Without right believing about the true God and His grace, lasting sobriety is just not possible for any of us and we would all have gone back to drinking.

Since listening to the gospel of grace, I now believe that the Lord wants to help us all because He loves each one of us.

I love seeing people recover from their addictions. It’s His grace alone that has given my friends and me true freedom. I have also been able to forgive others and myself.

Dear reader, condemnation kills! It is a dangerous and vicious trap that keeps you imprisoned. It eats at you from the inside out, and you can’t just will it away or just tell yourself to forget about the mistakes and bad choices you have made. Our sins demand a resolution. The wages of sin is death (see Rom. 6:23). Our conscience cries out against us and demands that punishment for our sins be meted out.

That is why you need to have an unshakable revelation of your righteous identity in Christ.

At the cross Jesus took your place of punishment and condemnation and became the full payment for all your sins. And when you believed in Jesus, you were justified by faith! The cross of Calvary has made all the difference and is the only answer that will satisfy your guilty conscience. This was what Daphne experienced, and what God did for Daphne, He can and wants to do for you too.

Today’s Thought

Because of God’s superabundant grace, I have a new life, a new beginning, and a new future in Christ.

 

Today’s Prayer

Abba Father, thank You that in the very place where sin has dominated my life, Your grace is abounding much more, because the penalty for my sins has been fully paid for at Calvary. I ask You to change any wrong beliefs I have about You that have kept me in condemnation, fear, guilt, and insecurity. Fill my heart every day with an unshakable revelation of my righteous identity in Christ. I believe Your superabounding grace is right now giving me a new life, a new beginning, and a new future. Amen.

This reading is taken from Joseph Prince’s new devotional, Glorious Grace. Get your copy today!

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2 Comments

  • Tamara Timothy says:

    So blessed to receIve these Glorius Grace Messages and for it to head start my day..Praise Abba and His Super abounding grace in my life.

  • Brooklynn Fordham says:

    Thank you so much for the motivation and healing words spoken today in the massage. I have been through alot and am still going through the trials of fear, guilt, and condemnation, but you have opened my eyes, ears, heart, and my mind to not only hear and take in the massage but also to new possibilities and opportunities for my life today. I give you my all today father, thank you Abba. AMEN!!!!!! :-):-) 🙂 🙂 🙂

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