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"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Let’s Fight

June 18, 2018June 19, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 1 Comment

This morning I woke up angry; and for the first time it was at the right entity. The Devil. “The thief comes only to steal kill and destroy.” –John 10:10a I was angry that another morning was stolen from me by oversleeping. Angry that, yet again, I had to choose between quiet, alone time with … Continue reading Let’s Fight

The Lightbulbs Of Life

June 14, 2018June 19, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

I spent the summer of 2017 in Brazil, working in a women’s rehab. I struggled as I watched a young woman who had so much potential walk away. Walk away from true life and choose death; life on the streets of Brazil. “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you … Continue reading The Lightbulbs Of Life

To Know & To Be Known

May 4, 2018August 22, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 2 Comments

So afraid of being seen, and painfully aware of it, I wrote the following three months ago: “The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.” – Ransomed Heart Daily Reading My heart is still … Continue reading To Know & To Be Known

God’s Facebook Page

March 31, 2018September 1, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

“I don’t want to talk about You like You’re not in the room. Want to look right at You. Want to sing right to You.” –‘You Won’t Relent’ Jesus Culture Hearing that song I thought, “Yeah God. I want to talk to You, not just about You.” The Bible can be like God’s Facebook page. … Continue reading God’s Facebook Page

Thanks, But I Don’t Believe You

March 11, 2018June 19, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

He calls me by my name Not by my shame “Tesia Grace you are Beloved And I give you My grace” Why don’t I believe it Why can’t I receive it What is going on in my brain? Why do I hold onto the pain? My heart is so afraid For Jesus to invade Afraid … Continue reading Thanks, But I Don’t Believe You

Mirror of Shame

February 24, 2018February 7, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

Brokenness, brokenness Is what I long for Brokenness is what I need Brokenness, brokenness That’s what You want from me So take my heart and mold it Take my mind transform it Take my will conform it To Yours, to Yours, Oh Lord Back in October, one of my first days returning home from the … Continue reading Mirror of Shame

The Weight of Sin and Grace

February 21, 2018February 7, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 2 Comments

In thinking through some struggles with election, God's justice, and God's grace, Holy Spirit put it on my heart to write this. People question God's goodness when they see suffering. When some are saved and others aren't. When God heals some and allows others to die. Growing up in the church I think there is … Continue reading The Weight of Sin and Grace

The Quiet Years

February 18, 2018February 7, 2019 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

The Quiet Years These are the quiet years The days I cried all my tears Tears of joy, tears of pain You came down, Your Spirit rain These are the quiet days The days I sing to You my praise You show me who I am to You I'm transformed through and through This is … Continue reading The Quiet Years

The Office of Offenses

February 17, 2018September 1, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ Leave a comment

Is life really beauty-full? Is life really beauty-full when I am fighting with one family member, another is having heart problems, and I am speaking with neither? Is life really beauty-full when some friendships are fizzling out and I believe it’s because I’m failing? When I am unemployed, and I have no financial stability? When … Continue reading The Office of Offenses

Recital or Relationship

February 8, 2018September 1, 2018 ~ Tesia Grace ~ 3 Comments

“Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it.” Sound familiar? Just tell me what to do so I can know what is expected of me. Then I can meet that expectation and be pleasing to you. Then I can be enough, valuable, worthy of your love. I did all you asked of me. … Continue reading Recital or Relationship

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Refuge “When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭57:13‬ ‭ ••• How often I run to worthless and broken things instead of Jesus to solve the emptiness inside. Recently God told me I have made food my refuge and reward. When I need filling I run to physical things—food, books, entertainment, music, Instagram,—they never satisfy. They are an experience that ends. And when the experience is over, I’m full, but still unfilled. I need more of something. There’s desire deep inside longing to be satisfied. Instead I need the one true Source who always satisfies and is limitless in supply. I need to feed on Jesus. I need Him to be my refuge. Him to be my reward. Food will never save me. ••• I have had this issue and stronghold with food in my life for years now. And trying to solve it has become an idol in and of itself. When I’m fixated on my problem and trying to solve it, it’s all I can see. It consumes me and usually gets worse. But when I’m fixed on Jesus, when He is all I can see, the problems seem to fall off. I think taking more control, being more rigid and restricted is the answer. Surrender. I need to let go and trust Jesus with my sinful habit patterns that I can’t seem to break free of. It seems counterintuitive, but letting go of the problem is actually what solves it. When Jesus is in control, you can’t go wrong. ••• “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ••• Instead of zeroing on my problem in attempts to annihilate it, I’m zeroing in on Jesus. He is consuming my field of view and I’m chasing after Him with all I have. Let the rest fall by the wayside. Without Him it’s all worthless anyhow.
Fear God The Fear of the Lord is believe God so much that literally I’m afraid to sin. To take Him at His word. To believe in His judgement just as much as His grace. In fact, believing in His judgement makes His Grace all the more sweet. To realize what you’ve been saved from makes salvation truly Amazing grace. Not only that, to know God Himself came to save you from the wrath He must pour out in perfect justice, makes the cross the greatest love story ever told. To fear God doesn’t mean to live in fear. It is knowing and understanding the awesomeness of God. Knowing His great justice and judgement that will come on the earth while also rejoicing in His mercy and saving grace. The only right response to being saved from death is a life of gratitude and love spent serving King Jesus. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭ “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1:7‬ “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3:36‬ #jesus #feargodnotman #amazinggrace #awesomegod #thankyoujesus #lifeisbeautyfull
Where There’s Flowers Knowing I needed to get out of the city to get with God, I was planning on heading out west to one of my spots. Something in me said, “Go to Lake Silverbell.” Now this was odd because Lake Silverbell is man made and nothing special to me. Not the quiet sanctuary I was looking for. So as I was pondering where to go I heard God say, “What if I wanted to take you where there’s flowers?” Lake Silverbell it is. I got to the lake and knew instantaneously this was not it. I thought, “Ok, I saw some flowers on the way. Maybe God wanted to give me those on the drive. Back to my original destination.” Windows down, music on, sun shining; I was enjoying the journey. Getting a bit lost, I stumbled across a park I had never heard of before. I pulled in the parking lot and knew. “What if I wanted to take you where there’s flowers?” Wild flowers all around. “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. “In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master. ’ I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.” ‭‭Hosea‬ ‭2:14-17‬ This story gets even better because God is doing just that. Literally I was going to the desert to cry out to God to remove the names and faces from sins long ago. I wasn’t even planning on reading Hosea. The wind blew the pages of my Bible just right and I thought, “Oh Hosea. I’ve never read all of Hosea and that story is a bit like mine.” Intimacy. Jesus loves intimately and intricately. He allured me into the desert and spoke tenderly to me. He gave me a door of hope. In the Lord there is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption. Jesus didn’t bring me this far only to have my past come calling and leave me in the midst of turmoil. Full redemption. When God does something He doesn’t leave any part undone. The same is true for you. Choose Jesus.
For with the Lord is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption. Unfailing love and FULL redemption. When Jesus does something He doesn’t do it halfway. God leaves nothing undone. Full redemption. As God continues to redeem my life I cling to His unfailing love. Jesus will never fail me nor let me down, no matter how many times I have Him in the past. And while it may not feel pleasant as God reveals deeper parts of my heart riddled with impurities, I put my hope in Christ alone knowing that while I was yet a sinner, He died for me. No matter what you’ve done, Jesus can redeem you if you’ll let Him. He wants to redeem your entire life entirely. Surrender, trust, and obey. It’s the only way. Let His love overtake you and wash away every thing you’ve ever done wrong. His way is right and He is perfect. Thank you Jesus for the freedom and full redemption you offer. My heart is Yours Lord, my heart is Yours. Take it all, my life in Your hands. #forgivenandfree #jesus #redeemed #hope #christalone
My prayer. As I look at life it can seem overwhelming. Too much to handle. But I exist only in this day. And I pray my dependence on Jesus never waivers, but only increases. My daily bread is really all I need. #jesus #ineedhim #mysoullongsforhim #enough #inchristiamstrong #jesusismyeverything #lifeisbeautyfull #godalone
This morning I awoke to flurries of snow falling from the heavens. Surprised by the winter wonderland, I squealed with delight as the flakes danced downward. My heart was so full. What a gift God had graciously bestowed. As I absorbed the breathtaking beauty from my balcony, a rarity I know I won’t see again for quite some time, tears filled my eyes. White as snow. Jesus has washed me in His blood and made me white as snow. My sins had left a deep scarlet stain, and now I am washed white as snow. Joy and gratitude filled my heart as I gazed on the beauty of the Lord. This is what it’s about. Moments of loving communion with Jesus. This is what my heart craves and the satisfaction my soul seeks. To be in communion with God. There is no other purpose on this planet. This is it. This is what I was created for. What you were created for. Loving relationship with the triune God. Marveling in awe at the beauty He bestows. I spent the rest of the day Mary-ing, even though there was plenty of Martha-ing to be done. I couldn’t let these moments pass. I had to enjoy fully the precious gift God gave in this day. I had to sit at Jesus’ feet. “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭10:41-42 My life is a miracle. My life really is so beauty-full. How did I get to be so blessed? Truly I am loved by God. And the prayer of my heart is that I may love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, all my strength, all my days, all my days, all my days. #jesus #whiteassnow #beloved #adored #iamhis #nogreaterpurpose #peace #hope #freedom #snow #washed #shereadstruth #devotional #butfirstjesus #womenintheword #christianquotes #christianblog #girlblog
Needs. I don’t like to have them. I don’t like to admit I can’t meet them myself. But this whole life with Jesus is just that. Dependence. Desperate dependence. Admitting I can’t meet my needs and like a helpless child, depending on The Father to meet them. Feeling particularly helpless and needy, I came across this verse. He knows and meets my needs before I’m even fully aware of them. Thank You Jesus for the life You have freely given me. May I not waste a single second in worry. Jehovah Jireh— The Lord WILL Provide. #hope #provider #jesus #iwillnotbeshaken #needy #andiknowit #shereadstruth #devotional #womenintheword #christianquotes #christianblog
To repent literally means to change directions. To change your mind. To turn away from, and turn toward. While there is a great deal of grieving and bemoaning our sin because of its horrendous and multifarious consequences, that isn’t enough. God commands repentance. A choice followed by action to turn away from our sin, change directions, and turn towards God and all His goodness. He doesn’t leave us alone to carry it out, but He does require us to make the choice. To turn from sin and choose Jesus. And in choosing Him, He enables us to overcome sin and follow Him. But we have to make the choice. We can’t say, “Jesus help me I want to be free from this sin!” all the while still choosing that sin in our hearts. We have to be desperate for freedom, willing to do whatever it takes. By letting go of the sin and grabbing hold of Jesus, we can be free. But if we grab hold of Jesus without letting go of the sin, we haven’t changed directions. Now we are just being pulled in two opposite directions, and only one can win out. Jesus won’t allow the sin to last long. If you truly want to follow Him and live the life He has planned for you, the sin will have to go. To repent doesn’t mean to grieve. It means to change directions. To change your mind. Stop. Turn away. Change your mind. Turn towards Jesus. “Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18:30‬b “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” -Jesus ‭‭John‬ ‭6:37‬ #givehimyourall #repent #freedom #jesus #heneverfails #surrender #letgo #jesusisbetter #life #shereadstruth #devotional #butfirstjesus #sweetrestoration #christianquotes #christianblog

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