August 27, 2008

“This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of all my delight.” 2 Peter 1:17.. The Message

Living the marked life…?

You’ve been given a new heart in Christ … You couldn’t do it on your own. It is God’s gift … That gift was the focus of the Father’s delight. Jesus was marked with the Father’s love. It is the deepest need of your life today … to be loved by the Father … the focus of his delight. Everything and Everyone in and around your life will be impacted by your confidence of being marked by the abiding love of Christ. God will give you a “new heart” to love Him and be loved by Him. He’ll remove the stone heart you inherited at birth. Your old heart will weigh you down and leave you self-willed. Your new heart is God-willed … Father-marked … and Son-filled. This is the heart and life that the Lord wants for you … to love … to live … and to lean upon HIm for everything in your life. WIll you let the Father mark you today? It can be very uncomfortable to find yourself the focus of God’s personal delight. It is nothing less than His heart and His will that He wants to give you today? And it all began with the Marked One who exchanged his whole life for your un-whole life. It only takes a moment …

“I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed.” Ezekiel 36:26 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Son-Marked Followers of Jesus and friends of Priority One (P1F.org)