Learn how your comment data is processed. They’re stumbling, recovering selfaholics just like you and God knows how to graciously oppose them (1 Peter 5:5). He knows exactly what we’re made for and how we can live the life we’ve been given to the fullest and most fruitful. Our lives are not about pursuing our dreams. Add the #TellHisStory button to your post so others can join in on the fun. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. We’re on a mission to change that. And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? Steward your gifts to the utmost for the sake of others. Back to Peter’s words: “each has received a gift” (1 Peter 4:10). We have hope in living with God forever in Heaven, but we also have hope for the trials in our lives right now. I am so glad His mercies are new each day – and that He doesn’t give up on me – that gives me heart and determination to not give up on others! Jesus death was purposeful. When God pitches his tent amongst us, it is not just a passive presence, but one that makes all the difference. One thing I’m learning to do is to lean in and hear from God. Surrendering to grace prepares others to receive the overflow of abundance that comes from the Father. Grace? Our nearness to God sets us up to receive not only His grace but all He has for us.” See more ideas about Christian quotes, Bible quotes, Bible verses. The result of God’s tabernacling with us in Jesus is something akin to new birth—although the ‘stuff’ of which we are made is the same, it is as if we begin a whole new life, born of God. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. Amen! At the age of 120 years, Moses climbed a mountain (Deutronomy 34:1). I’m so thankful God prompted you to begin your blogging journey, Mary. What a beautiful God we serve who uses our challenges to teach His greatest lessons. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Looks like you already have an account! There are 85 gods gifts to us for sale on Etsy, and they cost €35.24 on average. Cookies and similar technologies are used to improve your experience, to do things like: Without these technologies, things like personalized recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly. It was a beautiful foundation for me and I in turn raised my sons in the same church. Pray for them. Want to know more? But it goes further. He is author of three books. The focus was on the gifts we receive when we make a decision to follow Christ. Like my page on Facebook. Dear Mary, peace floats through your post, your heart and words overflow with His lovingkindness and yes, His grace. Is there grace in the moments when we really do not know what to say or what our next step should be? Funny, in this crazy season, we’re both sharing grace notes this week. The true meaning is the gift that God gave to us, His Son Jesus Christ. The most common gods gifts to us material is metal. But we are all by sin nature selfaholics, born with an addiction to the intoxication of thinking more highly of ourselves than we ought to think (Romans 12:3) and others thinking more highly of us than they ought to think.