Tag Archive | grace

Hold Fast God’s Promise

May7

Therefore the Lord longs (waits) to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long (wait) for Him.
Isaiah 30:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.30.18.NASB1995

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2pe.3.9.NASB1995

Come and hear, all who fear (revere) God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.
I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear; But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.
Psalms 66:16-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.66.16-20.NASB1995

Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.
Revelation 2:25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.2.25.NASB1995

Let us not lose hope.

🌹And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Isaiah 25:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.25.9.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Grace, Master Over Sin

May4

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
Romans 6:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.8.NASB1995

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:9-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.9-11.NASB1995

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.12-13.NASB1995

🌹For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Those Whom The Lord Favors

Apr30

O fear the Lord, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
Psalms 34:9-10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.9-10.NASB1995

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Psalms 34:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.11.NASB1995

The Lord favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness.
Psalms 147:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.147.11.NASB1995

Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
Isaiah 55:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.6.NASB1995

🌹For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Psalms 84:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.84.11.NASB1995

Praise the Lord!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

New Year Blessing

Jan1

The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’
Numbers 6:24-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/num.6.24-26.NASB1995

Happy New Year!!!

🌹The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalms 29:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.29.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Where Do We Seek Answers?

Oct23

“Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it, the Lord is His name, ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Jeremiah 33:2-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.33.2-3.NASB1995

Where is your first stop when you are seeking answers?

Is it the throne of grace where ‘THE GOD’ who has all the answers we could ever seek?

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:15-16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.4.15-16.NASB1995

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.29.13.NASB1995

Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
Isaiah 55:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.6.NASB1995

🌹Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalms 45:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.45.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Grace

Aug12

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.6.NASB1995

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 23:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.23.12.NASB1995

For the hand of God made all things. There is nothing created that did not come into being without Him. God says, “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.”
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Isaiah 66:2 /1 Peter 5:5 NASB1995

🌹For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
Psalms 138:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.138.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Faith, Works, Justified Part 1

Jul9

You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
James 2:24-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.24-26.NASB1995

In Joshua, chapter one, God’s people were about to cross into the Promised Land given by God. ¹Joshua sent two men, spies, to view the land, especially Jericho. The king of Jericho got wind of this and sent word to Rahab to bring the men out who had entered her house.
But . . . the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.” But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.
Joshua 2:4-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jos.2.4-7.NASB1995

¹Rahab asked of the men she hid to have mercy upon her and her family confessing that, “the Lord your God, He is God in heaven and on earth beneath.” The men agreed to deal kindly and faithfully.

¹Rahab helped the men escape and their parting words were . . .
. . . “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father’s household.
Joshua 2:17-18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jos.2.17-18.NASB1995

She said, “According to your words, so be it.” So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Joshua 2:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jos.2.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹Reference: Joshua 2:1-21

Faith: Soul Preserver

Jul8

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result (by the deeds) of the works, faith was perfected (completed); and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 2:20-23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.20-23.NASB1995

The work of God is that we believe in Jesus. The gift of God is grace through faith.
John 6:29/Ephesians 2:8 NASB1995

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
James 2:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.17.NASB1995

🌹But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
Hebrews 10:38-39 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.10.38-39.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Testimony* of God’s Abounding Love

May6

Do you ever recognize the abounding love of God in the little things?

Those little things are so huge to me that I stand in awe that God loves and cares that much for me.

This morning I was running late to work. What can take me anywhere from 15-20 minutes to drive – and usually it’s closer to the 20 – took 13 minutes.

Let me set up the reason why I know God showed His love to me today. I have two stop signs, one on a busy thoroughfare and ten stop lights, one I call the longest light in history if red, on my journey to work.

The first stop light on the busy thoroughfare had no cross traffic. Out of the ten stoplights I had to stop at three of them and the real blessing is “the longest light in history” was green. Woohoo.

I pulled into the parking lot with two minutes to spare. (And no, there was no speeding or illegal driving in the making of this testimony)

God has our days perfectly planned out and when we love Him with all our heart we see reasons to thank Him and praise Him!!!

🙌 Look for ways that God blesses you today. Thank Him and praise Him!!

🌹The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psalms 103:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

* written July 1, 2023

Grateful for God’s Grace

Mar31

The majority of devotions I’ve written this month, I have written about, “Loving Your Neighbor”, a challenge for anyone.
God has taught me a lot through these “neighbor” verses, making me aware of just how hard hearted I can be sometimes because my neighbors don’t meet my criteria. I am reminded that God loved me so much He sent Jesus to die for me, you, and the world.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

I am to love my neighbor as Christ loved me. These are the ones I now pray for and I will practice loving my neighbor.

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.8.NASB1995

🌹A good man will obtain favor from the Lord, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Proverbs 12:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org