Salvation Is Forgiveness

Romans 3:23; "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"; There was only one Person that did not sin and that was Jesus Christ. The rest of us are sinners and there is one way and only one way to be cleansed of our sins and that is through the Son, Jesus Christ.


Our salvation is through the forgiveness of sins, without forgiveness there is no salvation. We have to acknowledge our sin to Jesus and ask for forgiveness. Psalm 51:3; "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me". Our sin is continually in front of us and we need to go to God and ask Him for His forgiveness, sometimes this isn't always easy as it seems our sin is a terrible thing, after all we have sinned against God.

Acts 3:19; "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord". When we go to the Lord asking for forgiveness we can be sure that He will forgive us.

II Corinthians 5:17; "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new". After being forgiven for our sins we are to walk in our new life, sinning no more. This is much easier than what a person may think; after all we have Jesus and the Holy Spirit to help us.

Romans 12:2; "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God". We must proclaim the truths and righteous standards of the Word of God as well as want to do the will of God and forsake the ways of the world and Satan. We need to conform to God's way of thinking. We need our mind on God at all times.

What are the joys of our salvation? We now have Jesus with us, He left us a comforter, the Holy Spirit, we have the presence of the Lord with us, He is with us always, we know should we slip and sin all we have to do is ask for forgiveness and know that God will forgive us, we are able to talk with the Lord, we can call on the Him at all times (night or day), we have happiness, we have the love of the Lord at all times, walking in love towards all, and we have a forever home in heaven waiting for us where there will be no tears, no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, there will only be joy and happiness, and it is where the Lord is, we will be with Him. We are able to share our experiences of salvation with others and count on winning lost souls for the Lord. Salvation truly is JOY! Perhaps you have some other thoughts you would like to share with us, I encourage you to do so in the 'Comment Box'. All of us would love to hear from you.

May you always know the love, joy, and peace of the Lord!

Happy Thanksgiving

Dear Lord, I come to you not to ask for anything but just to thank You for the many, many blessings you have given to me and my family. Things have not always been perfect and when they haven't been I have learned from them. You are the One that knows exactly what is needed and when, I thank you so much for all things. Your love is the greatest love of all. Thank you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen


May each of you have a wonderful and thankful Thanksgiving however you choose to celebrate this day.

May you always know the love, joy, and peace of the Lord!



Being Thankful

Here it is Thanksgiving already. The day we want to let everyone know how thankful we are. There are so many things I am thankful for but not just at Thanksgiving, I am thankful for them continually.


Psalm 92:1, 2, 4, 5, and v.8; "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High"; v.2; "To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night", v. 4; "For thou, Lord hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands". v. 5; "O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are deep". v. 8 "But thou Lord, art most high for evermore".

It is so important to give the Lord thanks and to praise Him at all times not just at a certain time and I believe most of us do this.

We need to show everyone God's loving kindness and His faithfulness all of the time. We need to let others know how great and wonderful God is. We need to remember what God has done for us and what He will do for us. The works that men do are actually little compared to what our Lord God does, His works are so far above what we do and at times it is hard to fathom God's works. God's thoughts are holy righteous thoughts at all times and it is hard for us to understand this at times but none the less He is the Greatest and above anyone or anything else.

I am so thankful God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, Jesus Christ; John 3:16; "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".

I am so thankful Jesus loved us enough to die an agonizing death for us. What an awesome thing He did for us. Romans 5:8; "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us".

I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit. Jesus left us with a Comforter, the Holy Spirit. John 14: 26; "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you".

I am so thankful for the Words of the Lord. Mark 13:31; "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away".

I am so thankful that I am able to cry out to God and He will hear me. Psalm 99:6; "...they called upon the Lord, and he answered them".

I am so thankful for the home in heaven that I will be going to someday. I Peter 1:4; "To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you",

There are so many things to be thankful for, the above are things that to me are so important and I want always to remember to thank the Lord for these. It is because of these things that I am able to be thankful for earthly things. Some of them are listed below.

I am thankful for:
  1. Dave, my husband whom is so special to me.
  2. My children and their spouses, Debi and Jim, and Ken and Dana, I wouldn't
  know what to do without them.
  3. My grandchildren, Jenifer, Kendil, Brian, Brooke, Sarah, Shanna, Amanda, and
  Kenny. All of them have a very special place in my heart.
  4. My great-grandchildren, all 11 of them. So far they are the ones that have completed
  the circle but I hope we have many more.
  5. Our church, it is such an awesome church and Pastor Seaba is such a great pastor
  and cares for each and everyone one of the congregation.
  6. My precious home, it isn't a mansion to anyone but me. It is the home the Lord
  chose for us and I am so thankful He did.
  7. The car, truck, and motorcycle the Lord has given us to drive.
  8. Our 5th wheel camper.
  9. My precious animals, they are special to me and great companions.
10. Each one of my blogger friends, I appreciated each of you.
11. For all of my family and friends, each one means so much to me and adds to my life.

There are many more things I am thankful for but I am sure you understand why I don't write everything down. God has blessed me and my family with so much that I could write and write and still I would have to write more and more.

I was the winner of the giveaway over at Sweet Blessings by Jenifer. I wanted to win but I didn't think I had a chance as she has so many wonderful readers but I made it. Thank you for the giveaway, Jenifer. I am truly blessed and I can hardly wait until I get the DVD and CD. Thank you so much.

May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and may you always know the love, joy, and peace of the Lord.