Friends come, and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you as family. Proverbs 18: 24, MSG. Dear Heavenly Parent, We thank You for being the best Friend we could ever hope for. Please teach us about true friendship we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. What is your opinion of a friend? I did not want a dictionary definition of the word, because in my opinion, a friend means different things to different people. For a few minutes let us take a look at Jesus as a Friend. In His closing remarks to His disciples Jesus referred...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey them as slaves, you are slaves to the one to whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were...

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work..." 2 Corinthians 9: 8, NIV (Emphasis provided). Dear God, We rejoice to sit in Your presence! We are thrilled to study about Your grace! Teach us more, we pray, in the wonderful name of Jesus! Amen. Have you noticed the abundance that exists in grace? Did you take note how many times the word "all" appeared in one verse? Four times! Hallelujah! You will notice, that included in this...

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that but we also boast in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Romans 5: 1-5, NRSV. Gracious God, we thank You...

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:  "Do not let your prophets and your diviners which are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD. Jeremiah 29: 8, 9, NKJV (Emphasis provided). Merciful God, please help us to listen to Your voice, and your voice, only. May we willing to accept Your message, even if it is not what we wanted to hear.  In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Our verse for today describes...