Receiving God's Grace...Giving God's Grace!

All last week my thoughts cenetered around our ability to give away the grace and love that we have received from God. Jesus tells us (and the religious law expert) that we are to be like the Samaritan, who shower mercy to the man in need. We have the opportunity to touch people's lives with the hope of Christ be being the hands and feet of God, giving away grace, mercy, and love.
The great thing about Jesus' desire for us to be His instruments of love is that we don't (we can't) do it on our own. We are to be filled by the Holy Spirit who brings God's love into our hearts and through Him we can love others.
We can't give away what we haven't received. Make sure you have received God's great gift of Grace and then you can give it away to friends, family members who desperately need it.
See you at communion on Wednesday at 7:30 am at the office. Let me know you thoughts. You can e-mail me at jim@orchardchurch.com.