By Maxie Heppell<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter spending months studying Galatians, I am humbled and challenged. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI dare You\u201d, says the Lord.<\/p>\n When I allow the Holy Spirit to work out His will both in me and through me, some things don\u2019t make sense, the Law-touting stirs up again and a familiar cloud of condemnation comes and settles over my shoulders.<\/p>\n Then, through the darkness, I hear:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n That soft voice that lingers when you step out of line, or that gently reminds you of a promise and lovingly leads you to a place of peace\u2026 that is the voice of the One that brings life. The Law on the other hand, is cold and uncaring and its lessons only reaches head height. The damnation it brings leads to death and there is no hope of everlasting life. But then Jesus came.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Law says do! May the One who has full control of my heart show me the foolishness of a Law chasing existence where I can measure how \u2018good\u2019 I am.<\/p>\n By grace alone. Your inspiration for the week:\u00a0 Pride of a father<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Humbled, because I don\u2019t think God is too impressed with our ministries,
\n<\/em>no matter how impressed men may be.
\n<\/em>Challenged, because I myself need to start living deeper and ministering deeper.
\n<\/em>I need to dare to let the Holy Spirit have His way,
\n<\/em>whether my life or ministry fits the current pattern or not.\u201d
\n<\/em>Warren Wiersbe<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>when we would have faith.
\n<\/em>In fact, the Law was to be our teacher until Christ came.
\n<\/em>Then we could have faith and be acceptable to God.
\n<\/em>But once a person has learned to have faith,
\n<\/em>there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.\u201d
\n<\/em>Gal 3:23 CEV<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIt reaches deep and changes the inside of you.<\/p>\n
\nIt merely reshapes the surface.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Grace says done!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEverything else should merely be the offspring of thankfulness.<\/p>\n