Grace For The Journey

Today Americans remember and pay tribute to all the men and women who paid the ultimate price to protect and defend our  freedom while in the service of our great nation.  Formerly known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868, and was first observed on May 30 of that year, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.  Memorial Day is now celebrated on the last Monday in May as an established time for our nation to honor those who gave their all for all of us.

There was another who gave His all for all of us;

His name is Jesus Christ.

He gave more than anyone could ever give

When He willingly and without reservation

Went to the cross on Mount Calvary

So that men and women would be set free

From sin, Satan, and the judgment to come.

The Bible declares this glorious truth in Romans 5:8-9, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”

Whenever Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper, it is Memorial Day, for our Savior commanded us to “Do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19).

Yet, every day should be a day of remembering

For all those who were bought with the precious blood of Jesus.

Every day is . . .

• A time to remember the work of Christ, which was nothing less than an all-out assault against sin, Satan, and the judgment to come . . .
• A time to remember the work of Christ for sinners who were desperately in need of rescue and totally incapable of rescuing ourselves . . .
• A time to remember that every aspect of our existence is to be shaped by His claim on our lives.

Remembering what Christ has done for us provides us with the ultimate purpose

To go further up and further into the Gospel of grace.

Every thought, every desire, every word, and every deed is to be shaped by the cross and the empty tomb.  Vertically our lives should be marked by a sold-out love for God and horizontally they are to be marked by a sold-out love for others.

The grace we have received is designed to

Make us communicators and conduits of grace in the lives of others.

Along the way, the King who has sought us and bought us gets all the glory.

This is God Word … This is Grace for your Journey

… Rest And Rejoice In The Wonderful Truth!

Pastor Terry

Ephesians 4:7 – “But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.”

Hebrews 4:16 – “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”