Grace for Grenada

DAILY GRACE Friday, May 7, 2021 "To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his callingso that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thess. 1:11-12)."... Entering the yellow-tiled hospital room, I had no idea how powerful my dying friend’s ministry would be to me. When I entered, his wife left the room briefly so that he would not be troubled by her tears. My friend still knew why his wife had exited. So, he said to me with a gentle whisper, Please help my family not to hurt too much. I will see Jesus soon, but all of you will have to wait. I feel sorry for you! I just pray that I can glorify the Lord through this. In his dying care, my friend showed me much of the beauty of eternal life with Jesus. As though he was opening a treasure chest to reveal its jewels, my friend’s words showed me the gems of Christ’s promises: life beyond disease, hope beyond tragedy, presence with Jesus forever, and opportunity to bring our Savior glory in every breath of life he grants. I marveled at my friend’s faith and pray for the same. He ached for his family, but he also wanted his life even in his dying to reveal Jesus’ treasures to them. May God so use all of us to glorify him who loved us enough to give his own Son to die for us. Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for giving your own Son on the cross for me. Help me to glorify him in every breath you grant so that his treasures are shared by my loved ones and many more!

DAILY GRACE Thursday, May 6, 2021 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate (Proverbs 31:30-31).... The author of Proverbs 31 writes, A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies her husband has full confidence in her and she brings him good not harm all the days of her life. These verses remind us that love and respect are inextricably linked. The women the Bible presents as most desirable are those who are most respected by their husbands. This is simply because men are most relationally drawn to women they respect, even if they may be tempted to use those that they don’t. The Bible’s emphasis on a woman’s noble character does not deny the gift of beauty. But it makes clear that physical attraction alone, though powerful, will not maintain a relationship where mutual respect has died. A Proverbs 31 wife loves and respects her husband, but she is also to be loved and respected by her husband, who praises her and calls her, Blessed. Mutual respect rooted in God’s grace toward each spouse forges the deepest bonds of biblical marriage! Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me to see the connection between love and respect. Deepen love in my marriage by fostering respect in my heart for my spouse.

Please join us for our MIGHTY MEN - Men's Group this evening @ 6:30 PM at the church. We will continue through The Masculine Mandate and Genesis 2 discussing our mandate to "work" and to "keep"! All men are welcome. Come as you are! Grace to all

DAILY GRACE Wednesday, May 5, 2021 "I will be their God, and they shall be my people." --- 2 Corinthians 6:16... What a sweet title: my people! What a cheering revelation: their God! What a wealth of meaning is couched in those two words, my people! Here is speciality. The whole world is God’s; the heaven, even the heaven of heavens, is the Lord’s, and He reigns among the children of men. But of those whom He has chosen, whom He has purchased to Himself, He says what He says not of othersmy people. In this word there is the idea of proprietorship. In a special manner the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.1 All the nations upon earth are His; the whole world is in His power. But His people, His chosen, are more especially His possession, for He has done more for them than for others. He has bought them with His blood; He has brought them to Himself; He has set His great heart upon them; He has loved them with an everlasting love, a love that many waters cannot quench and that the revolutions of time will never in the least degree diminish. Dear friends, can you by faith see yourselves in that number? Can you look up to heaven and say, My Lord and my God: mine by that sweet relationship that entitles me to call You Father; mine by that hallowed fellowship that I rejoice to enjoy with You when You are pleased to show Yourself to me as You do not to the world? Can you read the Bible and find there the guarantee of your salvation? Can you read your title written in precious blood? Can you, by humble faith, lay hold of Jesus’ garments and say, My Christ? If you can, then God says of you, and of others like you, My people; for if God be your God and Christ your Christ, the Lord has a special interest in you; you are the object of His choice, accepted in His beloved Son. 1) Deuteronomy 32:9 Devotional material is taken from Morning and Evening, written by C.H. Spurgeon, revised and updated by Alistair Begg. Copyright 2003, Good News Publishers

Grace Presbyterian Church Easter Service 4/4/21

DAILY GRACE Tuesday, May 4, 2021 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. . . . But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner (Luke 18:11-13)!... Guilty, as charged. Those are words we never want to hear, especially when it comes to our role in the horrific death of our Savior. We don’t like to think we’re guilty of sending him to the cross. It’s easier to point the finger at other key players: Judas, Pilate, and the Sanhedrin. But it was for me my Savior died. My sins nailed him to the cross. Such awareness of the true causes and culprits of Jesus’ suffering should make us cry out, God be merciful to me, a sinner. Still, such words are hard to say, and harder to believe. Am I really such a sinner that Jesus had to die for me? Unless the answer is, yes, we are saying the cross of Jesus was unnecessary for persons like us, and we line up with the Pharisee who prayed about himself, thanking God that he was not like others. Why confess more than that? Because when we confess our need, we get Jesus the King of the Universe and Savior of Sinners -- to die for our sin, to advocate in heaven for our needs, and to work all things together in heaven and on earth for our good. Confession, we are told, is good for the soul; it’s actually much better than that. It’s good for making all on earth and in eternity God’s blessing to us. Prayer: Heavenly Father, I know that I am guilty of rebelling against you, but I don’t tend to think that way. I confess my lack of confession. Help me again to sense deeply that it was for me my Savior died, so I long to live for him.

Sunday of Sundays! I love Easter because 35 years ago, #JesusChangedMyLife.

"Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. --- Luke 22:42, 44