Friday Challenge

Hello and Welcome to the blog today! As you read the Friday Challenge today, please know you are being prayed for. God is wanting to talk to you!


Where are you in The Relationship?


He brings us to the cross for our salvation. This is just the beginning of our relationship. He makes you holy and blameless through the cross. With the acceptance of your new life your salvation is Finished. (John 19:30) You see He died to be the ultimate ONE time sacrifice, there is no need to keep trying, or thinking we will ever earn this. He did it once and He did it right!

Have you come to the cross for a new life? For The Relationship, the only one that will make you whole. Are you living a life of freedom? (John 8:32) Are you living a life that is all about confidence in Him and not yourself? Our good works to try and earn salvation are disrespectful to the cross. He so doesn’t need us to try and trump Him on this one!

He doesn’t need our performances He needs our hearts!

Accept His free gift of salvation and allow Him to pour out His grace on you.

And then don’t keep Him in the grave! You see He got out of that grave to be alive and to do His thing! He conquered the grave and He has work to do in us. Accepting your free gift of salvation sweet child of God was just the beginning! (Philippians 1:6) He has written your story and He wants to reveal it to you. He wants to walk you through it. He wants to teach you, to stretch you and to mold you. He wants you to be teachable, to willingly accept His never-ending unconditional love for you. He wants to set you apart and make you more like Himself. All things beautiful, pure, kind, righteous, compassionate, forgiving, loving, gentle, humble and good!

We must personally encounter Jesus to accept the resurrection. (Luke 24:11,12)

We must humble ourselves so there can be more of Him. More of His love in our life, more of His peace in our life, and more of His joy in our life. For our Creator desires to bring good things to us (Matthew 7:11).

For there is power in the resurrection and this same power is what changes us (1 Thessalonians 1:5). Do we really get that? If so, why would we keep it locked up in a tomb and at a distance?

You see my heart is crying, "Bring It On!" Yes the process of change can be sore and uncomfortable, but I know my God keeps His promises, and He promises only good things for His children! (Romans 12:2)

We need to Identify and claim where we are in relationship with our God.

Are we done trying to earn something that is free?

Are we done keeping Him in the grave, at a safe distance, so we don’t have to be a little uncomfortable and be brought closer to Him in the process?

May we know He loves us, may we accept His plan, to have a relationship with Him, that is all about Him loving us like crazy and bringing us close to His heart!