Inside Out Devotionals

"Thou art fairer than the children of men:  Grace is poured into thy LIPS : therefore God hath blessed thee for ever" Psalm 45:2 Every day  the moment we wake up, our actions will be either a form of manifesting atributes of GRACE or manisfesting atributes of THE LAW. The bible says that the Law was *given* by Moses, but GRACE AND TRUTH *came* by Jesus Christ (John 1:17) . Jesus came in order to PROVIDE us SALVATION- not only concerning ETERNAL LIFE, but also salvation from poverty, sickness, anger, bitterness, depression, etc. HE IS OUR SALVATION  in EVERY WAY, not only after we die and are no longer on earth, but especially as we LIVE ON EARTH! It was Jesus who taught us to pray:  " your kingdom come, your will be done,   ON EARTH AS it IS IN HEAVEN." Matthew 6:10 It is important to know that whereas the law REQUIRES an action, it DEMANDS someone to behave a certain way, GRACE PROVIDES, SUPPLIES, it empowers us to do God´s will and behave...

I often wondered why it seemed to be so hard for us to accept God´s will.  Thinking about this, two things come to my mind: 1) Most of the time we are convinced that our own plans are the BEST way to attain our goals, to reach that place of peace and happiness; 2) We are not aware of God´s LOVE and the fact that every bit of His will has its root in HIS DEEP LOVE towards us. We have been deceived by being led to think that God only displays his will in order to mess up with our own plans. Submitting to his will often sounds like we are being nulyfied; it is usually not taken as a reason for joy, but for sorrow. BUT all that is NOT even close to THE TRUTH about God´s will for our lives. Again: we must remember that ALL HIS WILL IS ROOTED IN HIS DEEP LOVE FOR US!... We are HIS CHILDREN and every good father´s will is to do ALL HE CAN in order to cause his child to live an ABUNDANT LIFE, to prosper in ALL their ways and to be HAPPY.  So everything star...

"Mercy and truth preserve the king (...) "  Proverbs 20:28 The reason why it is so hard for every human being to deal with DEATH is simply because we were NOT CREATED TO DIE! We were made to live forever and death only came into this world as a curse because of sin. Sin means nothing more than to miss the mark. Since the beginning God had planned for us a life full of GLORY... but HIS plans are NEVER FRUSTRATED!  “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(Job 42:2) Neither sin or any curse would be able to STOP HIS PLANS TO BE FULFILLED! He provided us a way to come back to his purpuse and therefore He sent JESUS to receive that curse IN OUR PLACE, to DIE so that we could LIVE as He first planned. The consequence of that is that NOW we are able to live a life PRESERVED by his GRACE, for He has delivered us from every curse: diseases, poverty, unhappiness, and even death! ...not because of anything we DID or need to DO, but ...

 " And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2 Cor 6:18) A child never grows old to a parent... Jesus once said " If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your -Father- which is in heaven give -good things- to them that ask him?" ( Mat 7:11) . .. therefore, we should be aware of TWO things throughout our day: 1) we HAVE a good good Father 2) He is *willing* to give us good things as we ASK Him for them! King David once said "   I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth {all things} for me." (Psa 57:2) .. .  THIS God, MOST HIGH, who sees things from a better perspective than us, He is WILLING to and WILL performe -all things- for us. Our job is to BE AWARE of His word, His promisses, His person ... He is our Daddy and his desire is to have his children to succeed in this world for in THIS THE FATHER is glorified - ...