Grace justifies us... "Just-as-if we never sinned." This is known as justification. It makes us in right standing and right relationship with God, also known as righteous. It's His freely given grace that frees us. We're talking about this idea, this concept of grace because it seems to be one of the most misunderstood, least used and most abused gifts God has given us. As a result, there seems to be some extremes when it comes to this gift of grace.

God is the MASTER of HIDING and we must become MASTERS of DISCOVERY. Maybe you've heard it said before or maybe you've experienced this truth in your life but it's true... "God works in mYSTERIOUS ways." Meaning God does things at times that we don't understand because His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. Also revealing to us this truth that God is a God of secrets and the beautiful part is He wants to share them with us.

God loves family even though sometimes we don't. He loves family so much that it was one of the first things He created in the beginning, however family can be a trigger. Why? Because some of us have momma drama and daddy issues... At the end of the day though we all come from family, and all of us have dysfunction in our families. The only difference is, your dysfunction is different from mine. But no place has greater influence and impact on your character and spiritual development more than your family, and most of the problems we're dealing with are patterns that we learned at home. Aren't you thankful that we have a Father who never stops raising His children?