OzThoughts Thursday 16th October 2008.

OzThoughts Thursday 16th October 2008.

I have been thinking again about the verse: “With God… all things are possible. Mark 10:27”

God can do all things. We can’t! I used to be an athlete. People now laugh at that thought when they look at me. We soon learn our limitations. Like many people I take medication to increase the possibilities of what I can do. No not so I can perform like an athlete but so I can just live a normal life.

I find an interesting verse in Romans chapter 6.1 where Paul poses the question:

“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?”
(NIV)

“So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving?
(The Message)

Paul answers the question in the next verses:

2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? (NIV)

2I should hope not! If we've left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? 3Or didn't you realize we packed up and left there for good? (The Message)

God grace is sufficient but we don’t have to keep proving it by sinning and seeking forgiveness. God can help us to live without sinning. We are, as Paul says, dead to sin.

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, I am glad you can do all things and that your grace, your love for me is sufficient for today and everyday. I pray that today I will know that grace and love in a special way as I interact with others.

I pray, too, for friends. Some of them are in hospital, others are suffering grief because of the loss of a loved one. I pray for them all that your love will surround them and comfort them. Amen.

[Listen: International Staf fBand: Wonderful Healer (Dean Goffin):

http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_1095.mp3

Lord, here today my great need I am feeling;
Wilt thou not visit my soul once again?
I long to feel thy sweet touch and its healing;
Wonderful Healer, touch me again.

Chorus
Touch me again, touch me again,
Wonderful Healer, touch me again.

Often I've pressed through the throng for the blessing
Which, through my doubting, I've failed to obtain;
Here once again to thy feet I am pressing;
Wonderful Healer, touch me again.

Only in thee can I find liberation,
Cleansing and freedom from sin's hidden stain;
Only in thee can I find full salvation,
Wonderful Healer, touch me again.
Author: William Henry Woulds (1874-1940)
The Salvation Army Song Number: 610

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