GRACE FOR THE MOMENT | A GENTLE LAMB

1. Grace for the Moment

a) "Grace for the Moment" is a collection of thoughts that are inspirational. They are intended to encourage, to give hope, and to inspire the viewers.

b) Reading a thought can change the way you think about something.

2. Scripture Verse

i) 1 John 4:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

3. Thoughts

a) A lot of us live with a hidden fear that God is angry at us. Somewhere, sometime, some Sunday school class or some television show convinced us that God has a whip behind His back, a paddle in His back pocket, and He's going to nail us when we've gone too far.

b) No concept could be more wrong! Our Savior's Father is very fond of us and only wants to share His love with us.

c) We have a Father who is filled with compassion, a feeling Father who hurts when His children hurt. We serve a God who says that even when we're under pressure and fell like nothing is going to go right, He is waiting for us, to embrace us whether we succeed or fail.

d) He doesn't come quarreling and wrangling and forcing His way into anyone's heart. He comes inot our hearts like a gentle lamb, not a roaring lion.