The Daily Blueprint 4-19-07

grace-part3-no one can boast!

Ephesians 2:8&9
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God: not by works, lest any man should boast.


The gospel is the message of God's love to this lost and dying world - God sent His Son to this world- God did not create Jesus - for Jesus has always been - Jesus came willing to die in our place- He opened for us heaven and shut the door closed to hell - Jesus came to save us - He came to serve and He came to live in perfect unity with God the Father! Grace is what is given to us by which we are saved - the important part of the equation is the Lord JESUS - He saved us - its HIS blood that makes us right with God - we could not be right without Jesus! If we could then we could boast- but since we cannot - we cannot boast in what we have done -we can however and should boast in what Christ has done for us - this was the way Paul put it - We must walk in Faith with JESUS in order to be saved -we cannot be saved by just doing all the right things- the religious things - but must have a life altering personal relationship with Christ- once you are in this relationship - your life should begin to change - some in small ways and others in major ways - God wants us to be like HIS SON -that is HIS goal for your life! We are going to be just like JESUS when the world ends! Not by our deeds - and not by our upbringing but by the grace that is only found in Christ Jesus - this may seem very radical but its at the core of our faith - without JESUS we have nothing to stand on - the WORD Is clear - we must trust JESUS and HIM alone to be made right with God the Father!
We cannot do this apart from the shed blood of JESUS the CHRIST!

A SIDE NOTE:
If we live apart from Jesus there is no hope - no salvation -and no future!

in CHRIST we are made brand new!
Prayers*Praises*Previews:
Pray that Ceretha W's neice- Michelle M is found soon -she went missing last Thursday and has not be heard from since -pray she is found soon! Thanks for your prayers!
(Ive not recieved any updates as of yet- keep praying-please!)
Pray for Missy's boss -her sister-in-law has an aneurysm and needs surgery soon -thanks
(Update) At the present time -the surgery is off - the surgeons feel that she is improving so much she won't need it and will taken out of ICU soon - thanks for your prayers!
THE TRAGIC EVENTS ON MONDAY HAS LEFT 33 DEAD
Please pray for Virgina Tech - the facality and students-Pray that they can move on from this and gain strength for another day-Pray for families that lost loved ones- thank you all so much
C O M P A S S I O N 'S D A I L Y P R A Y E R R E Q U E S T
Thursday 19The mother of 8-year-old Vishnu Babu in India abandoned him and the child is feeling rejected and sad. Pray for God's comfort.
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Please pray for me and the other advocates/volunteers at tonight's Mercy Me Concert-
pray that many children are sponcered! And in just three days we have Compassion Sunday!
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Change the life of a child today - to sponcer a child visit the above web site - thank you!
LIVIN IN THE WORD - THURSDAY - 4-19-07
NO ONE ELSE COULD DO FOR US WHAT CHRIST DID - HE DIED FOR US - SO WE CAN NOW LIVE FOR HIM