BY She Reads Truth
We believe memorizing Scripture is one of the best ways to carry God-breathed truth, instruction, and reproof wherever we go.
This week we’ve chosen two verses from John that underscore the relationship between the old covenant and the new covenant:
Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness,
for the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
-John 1:16-17
Write this verse down and post it on your mirror or at your desk, in your car or on the fridge—anywhere you’ll see it often. Save the image below as your phone’s lock screen so you can read these words of truth throughout the day.
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9 thoughts on "Weekly Truth"
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Grace, such a wonderful and yet almost frightening concept. Without it, I cling to rules, to laws, to doing what I can to follow Jesus. And yet, it’s not by my doing, by my works that I come anywhere close to where I long to be. It’s only by grace. Unearnable, undeserved, uncontainable grace poured over me by the Father. It requires me only to lay down my control, my rules, and open myself and say, thank you King Jesus! I receive your grace today!
So, thank you! I’m laying it all down at Your feet God!-
Amen. ❤️
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Reflecting on grace this morning, it occurred to me that to accept truly the grace and forgiveness of Christ means to embrace fear head on, as backwards as that sounds. Though the law is impossible to uphold, such laws and laws of my own making in my mind have always been the “safer” choice, though foolishly rationalized as such and never admitted, and always leading to my own personal misery and stunt in growth. To accept grace for me, to really walk in that freedom of Christ where liberty abounds and chains are broken, is hard to imagine, really. And I know it is ever a process as we follow His tender lead. But in my mind, oftentimes grace means a big scary “now what?”, pregnant with expectation and possibility. It’s amazing how you can walk with the Lord for so many years but not truly be free. Asking King Jesus to not allow me to maintain my Egypt mentality when I am free. To have courage with each step, realizing that trusting Him and His plans for me only takes simple steps, one at a time. To not allow habits from my fleshly thinking to be dominant now. To know what healing looks like, and how not to move backwards from my fear of spinning out of control (recognizing my “control” was never real at all). I pray the very same for all of you ladies today, as well. May we hear from Him clearly, and may we all, in our various, even well-meaning snares, be free.
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Beautifully written. Thank you, TL.
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Thank you for your words and vulnerability in sharing them, TL. They are a comfort to me, and an encouragement toward hope. (It’s reassuring to know someone else experiences the deep pull of “control” and safety through rules and rigidity.) Because grace is such a lovely thing, it can be extremely difficult to admit to a wariness of living by it. But you do admit, and now I do, too, and that is lovely also. God loves it when we’re honest. Thank you again for your bravery.
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Your words resonated in my heart this morning. Thank you
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All that I have is grace. Grace upon grace. I know my unworthiness made worthy by His sacrifice. Grace begets gratitude. Today…humbled and grateful .
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Grace upon grace because the giving of law to Moses was also a graceful act
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