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Hello, and welcome to Study His Holy Word.

This blog site has been active for quite some time now, but truly was not successful the first time around. Therefore, I am trying it again, with a special group of people that are involved in the "40 Days of Prayer" Series at my church. I am recommending that the individuals in my group use this blog site to reflect upon our daily exercises, have discussions regarding each day's lesson and just share any thoughts or feelings you may have. I think this will be a wonderful way to share our information and who knows......maybe we will get some "outsiders" to join in as well. Anyway, I will post on here EVERY day what my thoughts and feelings are about the exercise, so feel free to comment all you want. I hope we find this to be a very valuable tool.

"And all God's people say.....AMEN!"

Monday, March 14, 2011

Week 1: Day 2

This scripture (Ephesians 2: 1-10) really got to me. I hadn't read it before and it is SO hard to believe that God loves us that much that he gives us eternal life simply by his grace. I believe that we all "gratify the cravings of our sinful nature" from time to time, but this passage states that because of HIS great love we are made alive again with Christ. It is such a blessing to be loved by God in this way.

It talks about being saved by grace and through faith. My faith has definitely grown today after reading these verses.

Let me know how the rest of you feel and we will definitely discuss this lesson on Sunday. Thanks and I will see all of you soon.

God Bless!
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    For the first time in a long time I awoke much earlier than usual and didn't feel exhausted. At 5:00 a.m. I ventured into the dark, peaceful house and sat down in my "not-so-comfortable" chair to embrace God. Sadly, this was only the second time in my life that I've done this. Yesterday was the first. It must have been God calling. As I sat here and read Ephesians 2:1-10, there was one particular line that really tugged at my core. "We often think we must be acceptable before we can be accepted..." I'm having a hard time putting into words how this statement makes me feel. Despite my disobedient ways, God loves ME. At this point in my life, that is a marvelous feeling.

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  2. DrewMarch 18, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    wow. wow. wow. These are really great reflections. Both Lori's and the anonymous poster. The word comes to mind is "rich". It sounds like your time with God is rich. And it's exactly that word that struck me when I read this passage on Tuesday. I was struck by verses 4-7 where it says that God is "rich" in mercy and that by that mercy, even though we are dead, we are made alive in Christ. It's so good and rich to be alive in Christ, isn't it. AND on top of all of that, someday, we will experience the "immeasurable riches of this grace". woh. woh. trying to absorb all that in the deepest parts of my being

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  3. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    How are we able to grant grace to others but often fail to accept grace for ourselves?

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