Saved by Grace through Faith

Saved by Grace through Faith "

Ephesians 2:8-9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithโ€”and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of Godโ€” not by works, so that no one can boast.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธOne of the primary images of God in the Old Testament is that of God as Warrior. All throughout ...
28/03/2026

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

One of the primary images of God in the Old Testament is that of God as Warrior. All throughout Scripture, God is frequently going to battle for His people or standing with them in the midst of difficultyโ€”protecting them from harm.

Scripture tells us that God does not idly stand aside and watch His children fight alone. He's a warriorโ€”our Warriorโ€”who's actively protecting His people.

This is why the writer of Psalm 3 calls God a Shield that surrounds him. God is not distantโ€”He is present and active in our lives. Even though we may experience pain and suffering, we can go to God for help and safety. He knows how to protect us, and fight for us.

The writer of this Psalm also says that God is the One who lifts our heads in the midst of difficulty. It can be easy to become discouraged or tired in the middle of hard times. But even in those moments, God supports us.

When we come to God as our Shield, He not only protects us, but He also gives us hope and peace. He restores the parts of us that are tired and burned out. God gives us a reason to continue to fight with hope.

If youโ€™re in a season where you feel like you've lost hope, or youโ€™re simply discouraged and tired, spend some time praying. Ask God to be your Shield in this difficult time. Pray for Him to restore your joy and hope, and to lift your head, as you continue to follow Him.

โ’ธ: You Bible Guided Devotion

Want a Clean Heart? โค๏ธโ€๐ŸฉนKing David made some great decisions, but he also made some terrible ones...During his reign, Da...
17/12/2025

Want a Clean Heart? โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

King David made some great decisions, but he also made some terrible ones...

During his reign, David chose to abuse his power by taking the wife of one of his military leaders, and then arranging for him to die in battle. For someone who was considered โ€œa man after Godโ€™s own heart,โ€ David really messed up.

In 2 Samuel 12:13 we see David confess his sin against the Lord. And in Psalm 51, we see his prayer to be made new:

โ€œCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.โ€
Psalm 51:10 ESV

David failed, but God redeems. God restores. David still had to face the consequences of his decisions, but in that journey, God met him there.

If you want to be made new by God but believe that your past is too messed up, you can follow the path David showed us: confess, repent, and ask God to make you new. You can even use Davidโ€™s exact words as you pray... "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."

When we seek God, we realize that Heโ€™s already been seeking us.

God is faithful. He loves you. He can make your heart clean. In Him, you can become a new creation.

Credits: YouVersion Bible Guided Scripture

๐†๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜—๐˜š๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜” 46:1When my friend Pete was in Mali, Wes...
04/07/2021

๐†๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐

๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ
๐˜—๐˜š๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜” 46:1

When my friend Pete was in Mali, West Africa, he was in a traffic accident. A man had wandered into the road in front of Peteโ€™s bike. The bike hit the man and sent Pete and the bike crashing into the ground. Shortly after Pete woke up in the hospital, his doctor told him he had been โ€œreally luckyโ€. Pete smiled and replied, โ€œGod is good.โ€

Later he thought about the dayโ€™s events. The man who was hit hadnโ€™t received any bad injuries, and Pete would also get better. But what if one of them had been more seriously hurt? He thought, God would be no less good.

When we go through pain or loss, we may wonder about Godโ€™s goodness. Is God always good? Yes, He is. He doesnโ€™t promise that bad things will never happen to us, but He does promise to be โ€œour refuge and strengthโ€ (Ps. 46:1). He doesnโ€™t promise that we will never walk through difficult times, but He promises that we wonโ€™t be alone (23:4).

God is goodโ€”no matter what suffering we are facing. Even when we donโ€™t understand, we can say with Habakkuk, โ€œI will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Saviorโ€ (Hab. 3:18).

๐™‚๐™Š๐˜ฟ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‚๐™Š๐™Š๐˜ฟ, ๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™‰ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™€๐™‰ ๐™‡๐™„๐™๐™€ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ฟ.

crdts: ODB 356 for Teens

Live Your True IdentityEverything you need to be beautiful, successful, incredible, blessed, trusted, respected, honored...
01/02/2021

Live Your True Identity

Everything you need to be beautiful, successful, incredible, blessed, trusted, respected, honored, and happy are already in your life. It may not seem like it, but only because youโ€™re focusing on the wrong things. Anything birthed prematurely risks complications. The complications youโ€™ve faced that made you stop believing are simply things that you gave birth to too soon. Still, God was kind enough to teach you a lesson from that journey that made you better for His use.

When you start to find your true identity, people will still be looking for glimpses of the old you. Some will be unsuccessful; others will be content with learning the new and improved you. Have a memorial service for those who want to hold you to your mistakes and poor decisions. If thatโ€™s all they choose to see, then they shouldnโ€™t be granted access to the blessing that is your journey. They arenโ€™t evil. Theyโ€™re broken. You donโ€™t have to let them break you too, though. You donโ€™t have to lose yourself trying to save them. Be strong enough to choose you.

ยฉ: Don't Settle for Safe | Sarah Jakes Roberts ๐Ÿ“–

19/12/2020

"Life is too short for fights, and people are too precious for anger, and in the end the only thing that really solves it all is "

~ Max Lucado | Chapter 13: Love is a Package Deal โค

Is all Sin Equal? ๐Ÿค”
21/11/2020

Is all Sin Equal? ๐Ÿค”

God is not a being that you understand, the point is to know and be known by Him so that you can participate in His love...
07/11/2020

God is not a being that you understand, the point is to know and be known by Him so that you can participate in His love.

ยฉ: Bible Project โ˜๐Ÿปโค

06/11/2020

In times of trials, magnify God than magnifying your problems so that we can focus more on His unending love & mercy. โ˜๐Ÿปโค

Heard about 1 Corinthians 13? ๐Ÿค”More than 1 person has hailed 1 Corinthians 13 as the finest chapter in the Bible. Now I ...
12/08/2020

Heard about 1 Corinthians 13? ๐Ÿค”

More than 1 person has hailed 1 Corinthians 13 as the finest chapter in the Bible. Now I challenge you to replace the world 'love' in this passage with your name. ๐Ÿ˜‰

~ Fatima is patient. Fatima is kind. Fatima does not envy, she does not boast, she is not proud. Fatima is not rude, she is not self-seeking, she is not easily angered, she keeps no records of wrongs. Fatima does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Fatima always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Fatima never fails. ~

Wait! Hold on! Those words are false. Fatima is not patient. Fatima is not kind. Fatima does envy and so on and so fort. I can't be as perfect as being like that no matter how hard I try. It set a standard I could not meet. No one can meet it. No one, that is, except Jesus. ๐Ÿค—

Does this passage not describe the measureless love of God? Let's insert Christ's name in place of the word 'love', and see if it rings true:

~ Jesus is patient. Jesus is kind. Jesus does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. Jesus is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no records of wrongs. Jesus does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Jesus always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Jesus never fails. ~

INDEED!! Jesus is LOVE! GOD is LOVE! ๐Ÿค—โ˜๐Ÿ’“ Let this scripture remind us of a love we cannot produce, let it remind us of a love we cannot resist -- GOD'S LOVE. โค

Some of you are so thirsty for this type of love. Those who should have love you didn't. Those who could have loved you didn't. You were left at the hospital. Left at the altar. Left with an empty bed. Left with a broken heart. Left with rivers of tears. LEFT WITH YOUR QUESTION "DOES ANYBODY LOVE ME?"

Please listen to heaven's answer: GOD LOVES YOU. PERSONALLY. POWERFULLY. PASSIONATELY. Others have promised and failed. But God promised and succeeded. HE LOVES YOU WITH AN UNFAILING LOVE. AND HIS LOVE? IF YOU WILL LET IT? IT CAN FILL YOU AND LEAVE YOU WITH A LOVE WORTH GIVING. ๐Ÿ’

So come! Come thirsty and drink deeply. ๐Ÿ˜‡โ˜โค

ยฉ: A Love Worth Giving : Chapter 1 - The 7:47 Principle ๐Ÿ“–

What is happening to the world right now is not easy. Many systems were affected, the likes of education, transportation...
02/05/2020

What is happening to the world right now is not easy. Many systems were affected, the likes of education, transportation, health, work, government, social life, and even churches, all were changed in a snap of a finger. The change that happened was so quick that made us go panicked and that all of a sudden the things we used to do is no longer allowed. We felt we are contained and we became uncomfortable because we are supposed to be free. In this time, the enemy is not the virus as we know it, but it is us.

How long can we keep our discipline? How long can we stay sane? You see people were only seeing the bad side of this, but if we can only flip the side of this coin and see that this is also an opportunity and not just a problem, we will not grow weary and we heal faster.

I believe that God has put us in this situation not to be contained but to be free. Who are you without your education? Your career? Work? When you take all the things that is keeping you busy from a very long time, you will unravel who you truly are. We should not waste the time that God has given us to repent and ponder on our lives because it is His mercy that is keeping us alive now.

Are you really living or are you just caught up by the systems of this world and just merely existing because of that busyness? If we can only see through the eyes of faith, we see God is fixing what we destroyed, our life. Death is not the end and we know that. The question for us is that how long can we keep our eyes close and ears deaf?

The pandemic for me is just Godโ€™s megaphone that there is more to life than here and now, and if we canโ€™t change our hearts, we will missed what life on earth truly is.

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