{"id":458,"date":"2020-05-29T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:56:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:56:52","slug":"epi-7-grace-is-yours-for-the-taking-but-how-do-you-know-for-sure-cont-of-unmasking-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"EPI 7: GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EPI 7 : GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? (CONT&#039; OF UNMASKING GRACE)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAkuwVbVUtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever been offered a gift and the person offering has made it clear explicitly or indirectly that you have to do something in return for them? Would you freely take it? Nah! You would be like &#8221;No thanks&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you realized that we do the same with Christ? When we realize what the sacrifice for our sins cost Him, we are embarrassed to freely receive Him and all His promises, because we tend to think that there are some strings attached. That&#8217;s a big lie!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>So how do continue to unmask God&#8217;s grace: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>***Simply asking Him ~ He is a father who is willing to give us good gifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*** Through His word ~ His word is life and comes alive in us revealing to us the secrets of His mercy and grace. His word will be revealed to you when your heart is open. Through revelations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*** Loving on others and fellowship ~ Once we experience His grace and it is manifested in or hearts, we can only pay it forward by showing the same mercy and love to those around us, whether deserving or undeserving of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*** Realizing what a costly price he paid ~ the pricey price Romans 5: 8&nbsp;&#8220;But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9&nbsp;Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God\u2019s wrath through him! ( The sacrifice was huge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*** As we partake of it and soak ourselves in it, we need to be aware that prior to receiving it, we did not deserve it: There is nothing we can give him back, but he gave it all. As humans, we usually love the tit for tat love kind of giving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*** This next way of unmasking Gods&#8217; grace relates back to knowing our identity ~ The promises \/results we receive from the mercy that He showed us through His sacrifice&nbsp;~ through His love, we are called children of God. (1 John 3:1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***Realizing that there are no strings attached ~ His grace was and is freely given. No repayment for the actions needed. It is free for all who yearn for it. {John 10: 18\u00a0No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.\u201d }<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forward, let us continue to have a desire and hunger to experience His grace and love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us take off all the masks that hinder this experience. Lets seek Him, yearn for more of His presence and sink deeply in this love and sink deeply in it because, we have only scratched the surface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KAkuwVbVUtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to watch the video on youtube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless, Nelly.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been offered a gift and the person offering has made it clear explicitly or indirectly that you have to do something in return for them? Would you freely take it? Nah! You would be like &#8221;No thanks&#8221;. Have you realized that we do the same with Christ? When we realize what the sacrifice for our sins cost Him, we are embarrassed to freely receive Him and all His promises, because we tend to think that there are some strings attached. That&#8217;s a big lie!! So how do continue to unmask God&#8217;s grace: ***Simply asking Him ~ He is a father who is willing to give us good gifts. *** Through His word ~ His word is life and comes alive in us revealing to us the secrets of His mercy and grace. His word will be revealed to you when your heart is open. Through revelations. *** Loving on others and fellowship ~ Once we experience His grace and it is manifested in or hearts, we can only pay it forward by showing the same mercy and love to those around us, whether deserving or undeserving of it. *** Realizing what a costly price he paid ~ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[85,87,70,90,79,91,88,76,45,74,78,72,83,68,82,89,84,75,77,81,69,73,92,86,71,80,416],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EPI 7: GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? - No Fear, Just Hope<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"no fear just hope is a platform to share God\u2019s truth, hope and love through topics that bring life, joy, awareness, comfort and hopefully some moments of laughter to you\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPI 7: GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? - No Fear, Just Hope\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"no fear just hope is a platform to share God\u2019s truth, hope and love through topics that bring life, joy, awareness, comfort and hopefully some moments of laughter to you\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No Fear, Just Hope\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-29T09:20:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-01T11:56:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/\",\"name\":\"No Fear, Just Hope\",\"description\":\"Journey through loss and life afterwards.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7d239acef2601b4cf6aa929b63bd8d6c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458\",\"name\":\"EPI 7: GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? - No Fear, Just Hope\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-29T09:20:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-01T11:56:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"no fear just hope is a platform to share God\\u2019s truth, hope and love through topics that bring life, joy, awareness, comfort and hopefully some moments of laughter to you\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/?p=458#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nofearjusthope.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EPI 7 : GRACE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING ~ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? 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