Embrace Grace part 2

Embrace Grace part 2

Embrace Grace - By Judah Smith

There is always a fresh anointing of grace coming into our lives each time we are conscious of Jesus.
God never intended for our focus to be on performing and producing.  He desires that our focus be on
the Person of Jesus Christ. We sometimes try to live for Him when He wants to live His life through us.

GRACE THE UNMERITED FAVOR OF GOD

GRACE THE UNMERITED FAVOR OF GOD

Grace is possibly one of the most misunderstood concepts by Christians today. And yet Grace is integral to our walk with God – for Grace is actually Jesus Christ. He is Grace personified. His Grace is evident through the work of the Gospel – for the Gospel itself is Grace.

Grace certainly is unmerited favor. Grace is not something you earn by works. To enjoy grace is to enjoy favor. As children of God, we need favor because favor gives us access to the things we need. Listed below are some of the scriptures the grace of God are mentioned

Firstly, the Grace mentioned here is the Blessing of God

I Peter 1:9,10 AMP mentioned ”prophets who prophesied of the grace (divine blessing) which was intended for you….”

Grace can be understood in terms of the blessings we receive from God. Notice the bible uses the words grace and divine blessing together here. It tells us that God’s blessing is on our lives is another form of grace. When God blesses us more it tells us that His grace is upon us. We will receive multiple blessings.  God’s multiple blessings are His favor.

Secondly, we see Grace manifests Thankfulness through you.

Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly … spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

Grace is defined here as thankfulness and gratitude.  Once you begin to praise and worship the Lord, you will start to experience a grace in your heart toward Him. (eg. Paul and Silas in prison) Praising and worshiping God activates faith. And faith in turn activates grace. It also takes grace to worship God in spirit and in truth.

Thirdly, we have the Grace of Life in us.

1 Peter 3:7 says, “Likewise, ye husband, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life.

The bible teaches that there’s a grace of life in marriage. Married people need God’s grace in full operation because it’s not easy to walk in love.  There are times you have to do it by faith. It takes God’s grace to say “I do” and it is God’s grace part “done”.  God’s work is to do a complete job to perfection in our marriage life.  We do not struggle in our own strength and ability but just rely on the grace of God to work, even to change us.

And lastly, Grace As The Calling Of God

Ephesians 4:5-7  “”unto every one of us is given grace”

Every believer receives a measure of faith and also receives a measure of grace.  We need the grace to fulfill our heavenly calling. Each one of us have supernatural favor of God. God will give you the ability, the strength, the power and authority to do more than you could ever imagine you could do.

Scriptures to Read:

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the post of my doors.  For whoso findeth me findeth life (life of grace), and shall obtain favor of the Lord. – Prov. 8:34, 35

A good man obtained favor of the Lord  ...   Prov. 12:2

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The Year of Unceasing Fruitfulness - 2012

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,  
And whose hoped is the Lord.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,  Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes; 
But its leaf will be green
And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
(Jeremiah 17:7-8)

The year 2012 is a year of unceasing fruitfulness, This year will be even better than last year’s success just as in Daniel 1:20 and Genesis 1:27-28. Daniel and the other three Hebrew young men were found to be ten times better than the others. This year you will be ten times better than last year, you will become fruitful.
We are entering a season of fruitfulness. When this season comes, it brings about change, cooperate with it.  God desires that you become fruitful.
But you say it’s the year of drought, Yes, but Issac sowed in the year of famine and drought.

HOW DID ISAAC REAP A HUNDRED FOLD IN FAMINE?
You may have often asked the Lord how he caused Isaac's crops to grow during the famine when nobody else's would. Obviously, there was no rain.  What was causing the famine.

I have asked, "Lord, did you cause it to rain only on Isaac's crops and nowhere else? Or, did you miraculously cause his crops to grow without rain at all? What did you do?"
I know the Lord is perfectly capable of doing any kind of miracle He wants, but the silence in the Word regarding how these crops grew is almost deafening. The Word is not usually  in telling explained to us about the miracles of God.  The bible tells us things like, "and Aaron's rod budded, or, the river became blood, etc.". But regarding Isaac's bumper crop it simply says,

Gen 26:12  Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.  In Gen. 26:1 it say, “There was a famine in the land…”
It doesn't give us a clue as to how this miracle crop grew during a time of famine.  The Holy Spirit drew my attention to the many occurrences in the Genesis account concerning Isaac and the digging of wells: I noticed the word “wells” and “digged” mentioned several times.

Gen 26:18-19  And Isaac digged again the wells of water... And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. (Tells me about Jesus the Living waters)
Gen 26:21-22  And they digged another well... And he removed from thence, and digged another well...
Gen 26:25  And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Gen 26:32  And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Someone says, Isaac's seeds produced crops during the drought because he introduced a "new technology" to the land of the Philistines. HE IRRIGATED HIS CROPS FROM WELL WATER! 

WHEN EVERYTHING DRIES UP – GOD NEVER DRIES UP!  GOD GIVES A HUNDREDFOLD.!
WHEN EVERYTHING IS FOLDING UP, GOD IS A HUNDREDFOLD GIVER! WE ARE SERVING A GOD OF MIRACLES.

This year your story will change, every drought is coming to an end. You shall be fruitful in the morning. It does not matter how long you have been in drought, you will be fruitful in your job, marriage, business, spiritually and financially. The wheel in your life is turning; you will flourish and produce good results. 

Unceasing Fruitfulness 2012

THE THIRD DAY GRACE BELIEVERS

In Hosea 6:1,2 - "Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight."

Who is and what is the third day Christian? God is raising them up. They are Third Day Worshipers, Grace Teachers and Anointed Preachers different from those of the first and second day. They are the ones who desire and demand more of God daily. Not for the experiences, but for more of Jesus and all of His GRACE.

2 Peter 3:8 says one day with the Lord is 1,000 years and we are living now in the third day 2010. I got good news for you that God will not let you go until He raises and lifts you up. He will anoints you. God will not let you go until He promotes you and elevates you. He will not let you go until He takes you to the place of the fullness of His glory, victory and anointing. God will not let you go! His GRACIOUS GRACE is upon you. His GRACE will revive you to the fullest. 2012 IS THE YEAR OF GRACE AND GLORIOUS BREAKTHROUGH!

Hosea says "He will raise you up" I like that. He will not let us down or push us down. In Ephesians 1:20 the word "raise up" was mentioned. Here Jesus was raise up by the Father from the dead and set him at his own right hand in heavenly places far above all principality, power and might and dominion and every name that is named in this world and next world.

Ephesians 2:6 says "And had raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ. By grace you are saved through faith not of yourself.... It's the gift of God." He raise us up to show His exceeding riches of his grace.

He revived us and raised us up to rule and reign - to have spiritual authority over the powers of the enemy. The Third Day church is not about programs, or about ministries, or about organizations or about one anointed man or woman. The Third Day church is not about our name and church or how big is our church. The Third day church is about the name above all names, Jesus Christ. He is Risen! And we are risen and raise with Him in heavenly places. We are raised to rule and reign on earth with Him now. It speaks of our spiritual position, our spiritual promotion and spiritual blessings. GLORY TO HIS NAME!

In the first miracle Jesus turned the water into wine and it was on the third day! During the third day the wedding was a prophetic significance. There will be a wedding on the His third day coming. This is the day of celebration and rejoicing as Jesus is coming back.

So arise because the Wine of His Grace will be released. We will be drinking the wine of His glory. The water must change into wine. Why? Every watered-down religion will be changed to wine-filled revival and relationship. Every watered down preaching will be converted to wine-filled revelation, teaching and impartation. Every watered down praise and worship will be converted into wine filled prophetic songs -the songs of the Lord and worship that will bring the glory of God down. 
The Third day wine will be more than an experience of being drunk in the Spirit. It is the wine that brings you to a higher level. A wine that brings you into His Presence. A wine that cleanses you up. The wine of the CROSS. It is the wine of RESURRECTION. Jesus is the Wine Maker. Let us drink with Him and be filled up.

SO ARISE THIRD DAY GRACE BELIEVERS FOR YOUR TIME IS HERE! THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS IS WITH YOU ALWAYS AND ALL THROUGH. LET IT BE FOR 2012.