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Day 10    He Freely Gives us All Things

Romans 8:32 (New King James Version)

³² He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Sometimes we think that God is holding out on us, but this scripture says that “freely gives us all things.”   That’s almost sounds too good to be true!!  We cannot wrap our minds around that promise.  If our lives our totally submitted to Him, He knows we are going to give Him all the glory for His graciousness to us. 

It’s not about hoarding up possessions for ourselves  because we have grown beyond that kind of self-serving mentality.  It’s about having everything we need in order to be a testimony of His goodness.

Romans 8:32 (The Message)

 ^31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us?

(Note:  The Message Bible is not an official word-by-word translation, but an interpretation of the Word of God.  Because of that it is not 100% accurate.  However, in reading it along side of your Bible, you will have a deeper understanding of how real God is.  I highly recommend using it along side of your NIV, NAS, KJV or whatever translation you normally read from.)

God is much more generous than we can ever imagine.  Here’s a scripture that will boggle your mind:

Ephesians 3:20 (Amplified Bible)

²⁰Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--

The Amplified Bible is a little word-y, but I don’t know about you but I like all those words…..”superabundantly”…..”infinitely beyond”….”hopes”…..”dreams”….  I like those words!!  And why??  Because He loves us!!  Amazing!

Today’s Assignment:

1.       Spend some time thanking Him for being good to you.  Those things that have gone wrong in your life are not His doing.  He wants only good!

2.      Read and meditate on these scriptures.  Again, write questions if you have them.  He truly wants to answer them for you.

James 1: 17

John 10: 10  The Amplified Bible

Isaiah 65: 24

Philippians 4: 19

3.      God wants to be real to you as you want Him to be!!  Keep that on the forefront of your thinking.

Prayer:

Father, thank You for being a good Father—one that wants only good for me.  Your are a generous God and I have a feeling that you are going to expand my thinking into the realm of Your goodness in these next weeks and months.  Thank You, Father.  Amen.