Too much of a sinner? Sin VS. God's Grace

As as i was writing in my journal and reflecting this morning I thought to myself we are all sinners, but that doesn't mean we can't make a positive impact on this world! The truth is we are ALL sinners, perhaps we don't sin the same ways but we still all sin. There is no way around that. Praise the Lord for Jesus Christ, for He died for our sins. God's grace is AMAZING!!! Now that being said:

I think about the times when satan creeps in and whispers lies to us. Tells us we are not good enough, and nobody will ever really love us. He tells us we will never succeed, but always fail so why try, that we are too much of a sinner to do good in this world, that we could never bring about a positive change. All those lies, they can really bring you down. In fact if you believe those lies you can find your self feeling helpless, and depressed really fast. I am here to bring you truth today though.

Forgiveness Illustration

God is Not Mad at You

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How simple it is to just ask God to forgive you for your sins.

You can't make your way to heaven by doing good works.

Good works should be a result of giving your heart to Jesus, not an effort just to be good enough to go to heaven.

When we do go to the Father for forgiveness, we're covered by Jesus' crucifixion.

Jesus took sin, sickness, disease, hell, fear, poverty, death, punishment and the grave all to the cross.

When God forgives you, He takes your sins and tosses them into the deepest part of the sea, never to be remembered again.It's interesting to note the little demon trying to tell the man that his sins are so bad that God would never forgive him. This is totally the wrong attitude. You're not going to surprise God with all your hidden sins, He already knows about them. So why not clean the slate and ask Him to forgive you?

I saw this and thought WOW what a great visual in the whole learning how God forgives us, but satan tries to keep us in destructive cycles. The TRUTH is that through Jesus God has given us the power to break destructive cycles, and allows us to bring good, do good, and bring positive changes for ourselves and others. REMEMBER IT IS ALL FOR GOD'S GLORY!!! We must give God the credit for everything, alone we could NEVER accomplish this. It is by God's grace alone that we are able and equipped.