My name is Tena Williams, and in January, 2011, I came face to face with myself...and I did not like what I saw! My life had been a performance and I was at Center Stage. The mask of deception I had been wearing was torn off...Truth became my anchor. In the days and weeks following, the enemy hit me with his best shot. False accusations and alligations became the ammunition intended to destroy me! BUT GOD! The louder the lie became, the more I rejoiced...The Blood speaks a better word than all the empty claims I've heard here, on the earth. It speaks righteousness for me and stands in my defense! I followed the advice of my pastors, and rested my case on the Blood of Jesus...THE BLOOD WON!
This entire year has been a retraining of my mind and soul. When I felt alone, I found myself, wrapped in the arms of Grace. Each day of this past year, the Holy Spirit has been my closest friend. He taught me through the Word that boldness is what God wants us to have when we come to Him. He does not want us to be afraid to come to Him, feeling unworthy because of sin. He wants us to come boldly, knowing that the death, burial and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ has justified and qualified us to boldly receive from Him.
This was the kind of boldness that the woman with the issue of blood had when she touched Jesus. (Mark 5:25–34). By touching Jesus, she knew that she was breaking a Levitical law which states that anyone with a bodily discharge is unclean, and should not appear in public, let alone touch another person. (Leviticus 15)
She refused to feel condemned by the law. She believed what she had heard about Jesus, and was confident that there would only be love and compassion, not condemnation, from Him. She believed that Jesus would justify her and qualify her to receive the miracle she needed. That was why she boldly pressed her way into the crowd to touch Jesus, who indeed said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well.” (Mark 5:34)
What was it about her faith that made her well? Romans 4:5 talks about faith that believes God justifies the ungodly. When you believe that God justifies the ungodly, it will give you boldness to come to God, even when you feel unclean because you have just blown it.
When we fail, we must not run away from God. We must choose to run boldly to Him, knowing that we are justified by the blood of Christ and not by our good behavior.
We cannot be come critical of ourselves or eachother. We are JUSTIFIED by the Blood! We are already without "Spot or Wrinkle" this not something we can do, it is already done! We must accept that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! Is there spots or wrinkles in Christ? of course not! We are in Christ, we are everything He is!
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, see yourself or another believer as "needing" to clean up, or stop sinning! We do not want our conscience seared with evil. When we see our sin and the sin of others as "too big" or "too much" we agree with satan and stop agreeing with God! We are not even to reflect or meditate on sin! The past must be forgotten, Philippians 3:13 says, "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead." when we give place to the past, we dishonor the gift of grace, and the offering of the Blood!
This same Grace is there for you, your sin, past, present, and future has been paid for, IN FULL...You too can walk free, and just like me know that your chains are gone...I am free, therefore...I Shout About the Grace of God-God's Riches at Christ's Expense! Grace Is His Way ~ Oh Happy Day!
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About Us
We are a Christian Ministry Dedicated to the Good News, the Gospel of Grace!Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Some Christians believe that although you have forgiveness of sins, you are not free from the penalties of your sins. I want you to know that God, who is the only one who can fully appreciate the full value of His Son’s blood and who is completely satisfied by His Son’s sacrifice, is at rest in His heart today concerning your sins!
He is not against us, even when we fail. Neither is He out to punish us when we sin. No, He still loves us, is for us, and wants to help us overcome sin. In the Old Testament, the blood of bulls and goats could only “cover” sins and not take them away. Hebrews 10:4 tells us, "But the blood of Jesus is not like the blood of animals! For by one sacrifice, the eternal blood of the Son of God has forever removed your sins." And in Psalms 103:12 it says, "And as far as sunrise is from sunset, He has separated us from our sins." 1 John 1:9 reminds us that He's cleansed us of all unrighteousness! In fact, God is so satisfied with His Son’s perfect work that He says to us today, “Your sins and lawless deeds I will by no means remember!” Hebrews 10:17. If God does not remember them, why would He punish us for them?
Today, we have “redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”. Because Jesus’ work is complete, all of our sins have been completely forgiven. And complete forgiveness means that the penalties for our sins can no longer fall on us because they have already fallen on Jesus at the cross. Isaiah 53:5 in the Message says, But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed.So don’t think for one moment that God is punishing us for some sin just because something bad happened to us- its the devil that comes to kill, steal, and destroy. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER allow another human being to place you in chains of condemnation...that is manipulation! In the same sense, don't allow the devil to press you into a place of accusation, he is the accuser of the brethren. When we accuse each other, we become agents of evil, dishonoring the Blood! We have been Redeemed!
We must keep our eyes on the cross and remember that ALL of our sins have already been punished fully in the body of Christ. Believe that God is for you and expect victory in every area!
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