Jenifer gilley
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From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:53 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Friday July 21st


> "THE KINDNESS OF GOD LEADS...TO REPENTANCE." ( ROMANS 2:4 NAS )
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>                                WON BY LOVE
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> Ever notice that most organizations insist that you earn your way? For 
> example, airlines compensate frequent fliers with free miles; sports 
> franchises reward players who score goals and win games. Some conporations 
> even grade their employees on a scale where they can earn a private office 
> or their own parking space. But God's not like that; you can't earn 
> salvation. Paul says, "The kindness of God leads...to repentance." Notice, 
> he didn't say the scare tactics of a preacher or the legalistic 
> requirements of some church that you keep their standards before God will 
> accept you. No, genuine repentance is our response to the unconditional 
> love of a perfect God. A God who delights in teaching down and restoring 
> the cracked pots and damaged vessels society wants to throw on the garbage 
> heap. When you encounter a Saviour like that, you want to please Him. It's 
> impossible to experience the unfailing love of a God who stands by you 
> when others fail you, and keep on abusing His
> love. The very idea that GOd's love comes with no strings attached goes 
> against every human instinct. "God so loved the world, that he gave his 
> only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 
> have everlasing life" ( Jn 3:16). Love i s the force that draws us to Him. 
> To know Him is to love Him. And to walk with Him is to experience "joy 
> unspeakable." To the hopeless and hurting our God says, "Come. Your past 
> doesn't disqualify you; your problem's are not too big for Me-I've handled 
> bigger. Maybe you're not welcome anywhere else, but today you're "accepted 
> in the beloved" (Eph 1:6 ).
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> Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Angel") (\o/)
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