GIFT AND GRACE

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  GIFT AND GRACE Romans 12:3-8 Devotional:- “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith”(V. 6) NIV   One of the means through which we can demonstrate our love to others is by using the grace and the gifts that are in our lives. As a child of God, you are privileged to enjoy two levels of gifts. The first are the talents and gifts. The second are the gifts of the Holy Spirit. There is no one who is not talented in one area or the other. It may be to cook, sing, design, draw or write. It could also be in the area of sport or decoration. But as a child of God, there is another dimension of gifts in your life given by the Holy Spirit. These are gifts of prophecy, healing, knowledge, wisdom, working of miracles, discernment of spirit, diverse tongues or interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:6-10). If you don’t know that you have any of this gift, it is because you have not care...

GOOD WILL

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 GOOD WILL


Luke 2:8-14
Devotional:- “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (V. 14) NKJV

A great blessing of God to humanity at the birth of Christ is goodwill. A nation without it is completely under bondage. They cannot claim, nor ask, nor can they have anything from the Lord except by the common grace (Matthew 5:25). This is what the sons of men are before the coming of the Messiah. Men have been living under the pressure and the punishment of sin and the law. Men were governed spiritually by the law they were never capable of obeying.

When Jesus came, then came the time of grace. This brought us into the season of the goodwill of God (Ephesians 2:8).

Will is what every father writes to give the right of inheritance to each of the children. Before Christ, God’s will was not approachable for men. It was not favorable for a natural man. But God gave us another will in Christ Jesus. This is what the angel was announcing in verse 14. We refer to it today as the New Testament. Therefore, all God’s blessings in the New Testament are for your benefit. Those are the new things God said He will do (Isaiah 43:19). There, you and I have God as our father, and we are His sons and daughters. The former will have been cancelled. Never expect the same predicament as your parents to be your portion. Even if they left nothing for you, now in Christ, you are entitled to the goodwill of God. Claim it and go for it. It’s all yours (1 Corinthians 3:21).

Prayer: Lord, let your goodwill be established in my life.
“A WILL IS A WAITING HERITAGE, IGNORANCE IS A MAJOR BLOCKAGE

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