"Wash My Feet, Lord"


I am a sinner, saved by grace, loving and loved by the Saviour, and striving to live the words of Scripture throughout my sanctification. I need to be convicted and changed more into the image of Christ. I desire to share with you, within this blog, all that I am daily learning. I want to serve Christ and become more and more like Him. I don’t want to live a legalistic life, but I do want to live a holy one. I want to see God receive the glory He deserves. I want to see the depth and richness of the Gospel come back to the Church. I want to see God’s people encouraging and building one another up in Christ. I want to encourage young people, and be encouraged by them, to live a set-apart life. I want to give up my life for the sake of the Kingdom and it’s King.
May you accept what is written here, if it truly honors the Lord, as coming from a heart that purely wants to honor Jesus Christ, my Savior. As He teaches me, rebukes me, corrects me, and trains me in righteousness, I hope to grow in my knowledge and love for Him. May everything that is said here bring Him glory. If I stray from the truths of Scriptures, please tell me. May my words be full of grace, as though seasoned with salt. May "the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” (Ps. 19:14)

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Forgiving because Forgiven

"O what hope beams on Calvary for a sinful world! Mountains of sin vanish before His intercession." - F.W. Krummacher, The Suffering Savior

"The cross of Christ not only provides pardon for our offenses against a holy God, but it also calls us to extend forgiveness to those who have sinned against us. To be crucified with Christ requires that we let our offenders go, that we pray for their pardon. For no one can say as we fix our eyes on Jesus . . . At times when this is so incredibly hard to forgive, no one can say, “I have been more greatly wronged than Christ was; therefore, I can hang on to this unforgiveness.” We can let it go, and not only can we, but we must let it go because He prayed for our pardon.

I just want to remind us that there is no one—no one—no one outside the reach of His love and grace and mercy. Not you, regardless of what sins you may have committed, and not anyone who has wronged you, regardless of how great their sins against you may be. No one—no one—has sinned so greatly that He does not want them to be forgiven. And thank God, thank Jesus—it’s His cross that makes that pardon possible. Amen? Amen." - Nancy Leigh DeMoss

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