I didn't get to go to church this morning which was a bummer because it was family worship today so I slept 'til noon and then we had my cousins over for brunch so I didn't start today to do list until like, 1:30.
Its been really cool writing down my prayers every day because I can watch how God is changing me. Like today, I prayed for my mom and grandma to get better which I haven't done in forever because I had kind of given up hope and for other people I prayed that the stuff they're going through would bring them closer to God instead of asking God to fix it. So, I just think that's cool and yeah!
I learned "How Can I Keep From Singing" by Chris Tomlin. I could sing the whole song without thinking about it but today, when I was playing it, I focused of every word and they are so true to my life right now. Like, whenever I think about God I start to just overflow and I could sing and shout how amazing he is forever! But the bridge is me favorite part because it's about being able to worship God through the hard times through the good time when you pray when you know he can hear your prayers when your on you death bed when you are with Him in heaven. It's just beautiful.
As you've probably guessed I read Romans 6 today and it is probably my favorite chapter yet, especially the second half. The second part is titled "Slaves to Righteousness" I'm going to post the whole section because telling you to look it up in your Bible is probably useless so here you go!
15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If you take the term "Slaves to Righteousness" out of text it can sound almost negative but the way Paul puts it is that we were redeemed from being slaves of sin which only lead to pain and death and we became slaves to righteousness which brings us life and a relation ship with our living God! I just think it's amazing that we have been given that opportunity. I'm just a teenager and to think of sacrificing my future child so that a bunch of ungrateful, evil, stupid people could have a better life is CRAZY! I would never be able to do that and that's what God did for us. Not only that but as Crist was on the cross He said "Forgive them father for they do not know what they are doing" so all of that to express how beautiful it is to be a slave of righteousness and how much we don't deserve it.
The songs I played today were Hearts On Fire, It Is Finished, Revelation Song, and Your Grace is Enough.
I pray for everyone reading this that you have become a slave to righteousness and that you have accepted the free gift of eternal life.
With Love,
Grace
Romans 6:23
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