Accepted

Thanks be to God today...I have been accepted by faith in Jesus Christ. It is on this fact that I will base my worth and movement through this day. May I accept that I am accepted.

A few quotes for beginning my week...
"To preach devotion first, and blessing second, is to reverse God's order, and preach law, not grace. The Law made man's blessing depend on devotion; Grace confers undeserved, unconditional blessing: our devotion may follow, but does not always do so--in proper measure."
Wm. R. Newell in Romans, Verse by Verse

"Often fear after a while produces only numbness, but love thrives on love. To promise a man the certainty of his destiny may seem, on the human level, like playing with fire; but this leaves God out of the picture. Those who have the deepest appreciation of grace do not continue in sin. Moreover, fear produces the obedience of slaves; love engenders the obedience of sons."
J.W. Sanderson, Jr.

According to 1 John 4:18, perfect love drives out fear. Fear does not belong/is not at home in a son or daughter of the Almighty Father. Jesus, by his love and radical acceptance, drives out any form of fear today. Not tomorrow...today. So, Jesus, in the same way that you drove out the things that did not belong in your temple...may you, today, drive out the fears that have invaded this living temple, your son. They do not belong. Yet, I have no power in myself to overcome and drive them out. I need you to come through. By your acceptance of me, my worth secured in you...I now live in perfect love.

Now, that is worth accepting!!!!