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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Demolish the Walls....Let in the JOY!


          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Drink in a big serving, then pick up your spiritual sledge hammer and begin knocking down the walls around your heart.

            We began talking yesterday about tearing down the unnecessary walls that we’ve built in our lives. Yes, we want to protect ourselves from sadness and hurt, but many times those same walls will also keep out the joy.  Kay Warren suggests that one of the best ways of getting rid of those walls is to focus on grace.

            Keep in mind that God doesn’t love us for following a certain set of rules or performing rituals.  He is not interested in what all we can do for Him.  He simply loves us….because as the Bible tells us….He has “set his love upon us”.  What grace!

            Ephesians 1:4-5 tells us about His love for us.  “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.  God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.  This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” (NLT)

            Doesn’t it make you smile to know that His love for us brings him great pleasure?  The only way I can even begin to wrap my brain around that concept is to think about the pleasure it brings me to love my children and grandchildren.  And that must be just a thimble-full compared to how much God loves us!

            May I encourage you to begin the demolition process immediately! Tear down the walls that are keeping you from experiencing God’s love, grace and JOY!

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