August 28, 2008

“Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another–showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 The Message

What is holding you together?

You can’t hold yourself together. You were never designed to live apart from God’s abiding truth and life shaping grace. He knows you can’t do this on your own. He knows you can’t sustain this on your own. He wants your life to be “generous inside and out”. He wants to move into your heart … breathing His Word … shaping in you a life that lives God’s way.  Jesus still moves into the “neighborhoods” of willing hearts and lives longing to be put together through His life. He really wants you put together in a whole relationship and so He gave you His God-breathed Word so that you can know the One who is the one-of-a-kind glory …  Generous inside and out … true from start to finish.  He knows you inside and out. He knows the true places .. the self-centered places .. the failed places .. the longing to live God’s way places. He won’t let go even when you feel like you are falling apart on the inside or slipping away on the outside. It only takes a moment to ask Jesus to breathe his life changing Word into your life.

“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory like Father, like Son. Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.” John 1:14 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to God-breathed .. God-called .. God-shaped Followers of Jesus and friends of Priority One (P1F.org)