Thoughts for Life: Jesus Honors You

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Jesus Honors You

Max Lucado tells us, "You are
valuable just because you exist!

Remember that the next time some
trickster tries to hang a bargain
basement price tag on your self-worth.

Just think about the way Jesus honors
you—and smile! I do.

I smile because I know I don’t deserve a love like that. None of us
do.

When you get right down to it, any contribution any of us makes
is pretty puny.

All of us, even the purest of us, deserve heaven about as much as
that crook on the cross did.

It makes me smile to think there’s a grinning thief walking the
golden streets of heaven who knows more about grace than a
thousand theologians.

No one else would have given the thief on the cross a prayer. But
in the end that is all he had. And in the end, that is all it took!

No wonder they call Jesus the Savior. "

Listen toUpWords with Max Lucado at www.OnePlace.com

(Used by permission)

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"Lord, help me to spend myself on what will last,
not on what will fade away one day.
I give my life to You that I might spend and be spent
for others and Your will. Amen.

Conversion takes only a moment —
transformation takes a lifetime."

Our Daily Bread 5/ 25/12

"I love to dwell upon the thought
That Jesus cares for me,
It matters not what life may bring—
He loves me tenderly. — Adams

If God cares for sparrows, He surely cares for us."

Our Daily Bread   3/24/12

Eph. 2:8-10 "For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works,
lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."

Let's pray: Father, help us remember that You love us, and that
You see us as very valuable, precious, and honorable in Christ
Jesus. May we not entertain thoughts otherwise, that would drag
us down to hopelessness. As a song goes, "God's Love Never Fails".)

This afternoon's post: God's Goodness Denise Loock

Tomorrow’s post:  Master Designer Mary Southerland

Today’s treasure truth #38: If you are “born again”, you are an
imitator of Jesus. Eph. 5:1

Our thought for today: There's more mercy in God's Heart than
all your  sin!