Favour upon Mary.

Favour upon Mary.

Then the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. (Luke 1:30-31)

The favour God gave Mary was to allow her to be the person who would give birth to His Son. And to give her the grace to accept this honour with joy. Thank God she accepted.

Favour = What is due to grace.

Favour = What is due to grace. 

The token or proof of grace, benefit, bounty. A gift of grace.

It comes from the same root word as grace = joyful and happy.

The favour of God comes upon you when He wants to demonstrate His grace toward you by doing something that makes you joyful and happy..

There is no fear in love.

There is no fear in love.

If fear comes in, it is because you have forgotten you are loved.

If fear speaks to you - tell it that you are loved by Love Himself.

The love itself will cast out the fear. (1 John 4:18-19)

We love Him because He first loved us.

How do we know this? From the Bible.

A quote from Jesse Duplantis recently.

"Exploration is the foundation of the Word of God.

Giving you daily, a fresh revelation of who He is.

A fresh revelation of who you are in Him".

So get into the Word of God and explore.

We have Boldness, BECAUSE.

We have Boldness, BECAUSE.

Because. This is one of the most important words in the Bible.

It tells us why what we just read, is valid and true. 

Because as He is, so are we in this world.

Where is Jesus? Seated in heaven. 

As Jesus is there in heaven, so are we here.

Is He healed? Is He blessed? Is He prosperous? Is He at peace?

Jesus is healed - so am I.

Boldness in the day of judgement

Boldness in the day of judgement.

When is that day of judgement?

Whenever someone asks you about God.

Or you see a chance to confess openly that you worship Jesus.

When that opportunity happens you already have boldness:

  Freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech.

  Fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance.

You have that now. 

So go and tell someone - I am bold for Jesus.

Perfected Love.

Perfected Love.

Love has been perfected, brought to maturity among us. 

(1 John 4:17)

We have not been given a baby love for Him but a mature love.

Why? So that we can have boldness in the day of judgement.

A Confession of your Faith.

A Confession of your Faith.

Do you confess that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 4:15-16)

Confess: 

   To say the same thing as another, to agree with, assent. 

   (Basically to agree with what the Bible says about you.)

   To declare openly.

   To profess yourself to be a worshipper of Jesus.

Then know this - God abides in you and you abide in Him.

Do you really know and believe the love that God has for us?

God is love, if you abide in love, you abide in God and God abides in you.