Hello! Long time since I entered anything here, but today I cannot resist hoping someone will read this daily "entry" I quote here that comes from the old classic "My Utmost For His Highest," by Oswald Chambers. It is so "right on!" when held up against God's written word, the Holy Bible! Let me pass it on to you in love.......

"God saves men by His sovereign grace through the Atonement of Jesus. He works in us to will and to do of His good pleasure; but we have to work out that salvation in practical living. If once we start on the basis of His Redemption to do what He commands, we find that we can do it. If we fail, it is because we have not practiced. The crisis will reveal whether we have been practicing or not. If we obey the Spirit of God and practice in our physical life what God has put in us by His Spirit, then when the crisis comes, we shall find that our own nature as well as the grace of God will stand by us.
Thank God He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a glad thing, but it is also a heroic, holy thing. It tests us for all we are worth. Jesus is bringing many "sons" unto glory, and God will not shield us from the requirements of a son. God's grace turns out men and women with a strong family likness to Jesus Christ, not milksops. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to live the noble life of a disciple of Jesus in actual things. It is always necessary to make an effort to be noble.

May God bless us all as we come honestly into His presence through prayer, and each day walk in the light of His Word! May He bless you, give you peace, make His face to shine upon You! Much love, GranJan