Standing Strong in His Grace

I have a quiet soul, but I love my Abba very much. No matter how tattered I am from this life I have lived.  My love has only grown over time and distance.  I don’t blame God for anything that has happened in my lifetime.   No one has walked in my shoes.  I cannot understand hatred as a spiritual adult. I know God has a hatred for sin but not for sinners.  He hates no soul.  I’m sure Jesus even loved Judas… Saying all this I want to say that it took a long time for me to get to this place. At one time I know I struggled with self hatred. I didn’t like myself and who I was.   Mainly from poor decisions I had made in my life. I realized that I cannot go back and change things. I cannot hold resentment or bitterness within my heart.  I am a forgiving soul and can’t hold grudges like I once did.   Abba has done a good work in my heart and I’m so glad.  The Holy Spirit is quick to convict a contrite heart.  He will humble those puffed up...

Today is letter B.  It stands for a name that was given to me as a little child.  Apparently my baby sister was having trouble with saying brother.  She spoke Bubba instead.  It stuck. So I have two names “Richard” and “Bubba.”  In school I was called Richard but at home they called me Bubba. Most everyone calls me Richard these days except close family members.  I suppose that if you have called me Richard all this time you will not call me Bubba.  Unless you are accustomed saying that name. I don’t mind that at all.   I may be from the south and have a southern accent but I am far from being a redneck hillbilly.   I’m just a casual guy from a southern town.   Some may even wonder if I have a split personality   I can assure I do not have a alter ego!   What you see is what you get. Actually my birth name was different than the name I have now because when my mom remarried when I was 5 years old I took my stepdad’s last name. ...

Hello to all my readers.   This is a new challenge I am embarking to endeavor.  I’m calling this challenge “Getting to know Me challenge.” I want to write all about my life so the readers can get to know the author of this blog site using the letters of the alphabet.   Age starts with letter A so I will tell you the first thing about my age is that I am 59 years of age.    I was born December 31, 1963.  Yes 60 is around the corner.  Actually I’m looking forward to this landmark age being around the corner.   Just seems like I am doing better in my old age.   I am a legal United States retiree discount man! I’m going to really enjoy my life old age! It’s going to be the best years of my life.   Now let me tell you about my spiritual age.  How many want to take a guess?  Do you know what I mean about spiritual age.   That’s the date I was a truly born again spirit filled believe in Jesus Christ!   Sunday September 27,19...

Since when did prayer become a last option?   Often times it’s the very last resort for us when the odds are stacked against us…Oh my!!  I think we need to fall to our knees in full repentance!!!  Are we really and truly hiding in unbelief that we don’t believe in the power of prayer?  Is that why we exhaust every option before we even pray?   That seems like a slap in the face!!  That is what it may seem like to the Lord! I would think that breaks the heart of Abba!! As many times that Jesus came through for us… you would think that we would have learned to seek Jesus first in prayer!! If your faith in God is that little then no wonder your not seeing the answers that you long to see!! For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.   11  If a son asks for   [ a ] bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if  he asks  for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead...

  When we truly come to Jesus in prayer, there is no room for pride. The scriptures say to humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift us up.  True humility is the only way through the veil. To come before Abba through Jesus we must lay down our lives.  Self centered prayers will only bounce off the walls of our hearts.   Ultimately we need to get our eyes off our self and focus on bringing others.    God sees our needs and will meet them when you least expect a answer.  Abba desires us to speak forth to the hurting, the bruised and broken.   Bring those into the veil right into the Holy place where Abba is longing to meet you there  Seek Abba first by submitting to Jesus through the Holy Spirit.   Pass through the veil of the flesh and put others needs before your own.   Behold ABBA’s eyes are on the sparrows.  What makes you think he has forgotten you.  Through it seems he tarries, wait upon Him and do not...

When we feel like we are at the end of our rope or even on the edge of a cliff, do we let go or jump because everyone else is doing just that?   No! We have to stand up to be counted.  We do not always let go of the rope.  You see Jesus is pulling us to a higher level.  We don’t go by those strong feelings to let go.  Everything in us is telling us to let go.   Please don’t do that!   Jesus is pulling on the other end of the rope!!!   He is saying to “Hold on, I have got you!!  We serve a strong Lord who will move heaven and earth to save us!!  He does not desire for us to give up so easy.  Remember we are called to do those hard things!!   He may be speaking to you now, “Do you trust ME? If you do then do not let go!!” And…if you are on the edge of a high cliff don’t jump unless you have wings… and know how to fly like a bird!!!  May be that God is talking to you edge of the Cliff’ers, “do not jump!!!”   We need to b...

  Since the Scriptures say that that the devil is a liar, “ What if,” that is the only power he has over us?  A lie is a powerful tool of the enemy to render us doubting God Almighty…The devil can fabricate a pretty believable gigantic story to trigger us into a relapse of some proportion…look at Adam and Eve.   Think about it…How many times have you got a thought that was false? A thought that was not true.  What you initially thought was as the truth was not even close to it? And that could be any situation or circumstance the devil always counterfeits the thoughts of Jesus!!  We have to be sober minded.  The enemy used that tactic to get you thinking of the worst case scenario…and it never happened! How many times have you  experienced  this instance?? What if the only power he had over you is to lie to you? Don’t get me wrong, he does trip us up with lies! Most times I admit I fall for his lies and believe them.  I have slept under his gu...