The Hammer, The Nails, The Cross

One of my Tuesday morning prayer patrol partners, Gene, wrote this poem leading up to Passion Week. It seems perfect for Good Friday, especially. While it is a poem, it is also a transparent testimony.

I carried the hammer. I carried the nails.
I refused to hand them to the soldiers.
Not because I was trying to protect You,
I used them to nail You to the Cross myself

My nails pierced Your hands.
Your eyes pierced my soul.
You had already forgiven me,
Before my hammer made it's final blow
-- Gene Stainback

Lord, we thank you for the Cross.

We agree with Max Lucado who wrote: "The Cross says that God would rather go to Hell for us, than go to Heaven without us."
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God Chooses Not to Remember Our Sins

My friend, Keith, sent me these words of encouragement from Max Lucado's writings. Be inspired.

His words. “And I will remember their sins no more.”

Wow! Now, that is a remarkable promise. God doesn’t just forgive, He forgets. He erases the board. He destroys the evidence. He burns the microfilm. He clears the computer. He doesn’t remember my mistakes. For all the things He does do, this is one thing He refuses to do. He refuses to keep a list of my wrongs. When I ask for forgiveness he doesn’t pull out a clipboard and say, “But I’ve already forgiven him for that five hundred and sixteen times.” He doesn’t remember.

Yes, indeed! “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

 

It's not that God has amnesia. It's all because of what Christ accomplished on Calvary, that God chooses not to remember our sins! -- kw

When God looks at me, He only sees the Blood!

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Grace! A Grinning Thief in Heaven!

My friend, Keith, shared this wonderful excerpt with me recently from a Max Lucado book titled "No Wonder We Call Him (Jesus) Savior":

It makes me smile to think there’s a grinning thief walking the golden streets of heaven who knows more about grace than a thousand theologians. No one else would have given the thief on the cross a prayer. But in the end that is all he had. And in the end, that is all it took! No wonder they call Jesus the Savior.

(42) Then he (one of the thieves/criminals on the cross beside Jesus) said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” (43) And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” -- Luke 23:42-43 (KJV)

Click here: WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE by LARNELLE HARRIS

As my pastor friend, Ron, says: I pray your day is amazingly graced!
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