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gratitude to GOD

2 Corinthians 5:21
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

“Thy Kingdom Come.”
The Second Petition, from the Lord's Prayer,  now is the time. We can open our heart and mind to fall under God's rule today. Don't wait for some future date. Submission to God. 

A GREAT GOD who created us and gives us everything. God has withheld nothing from us. Not even His only Son, who died on the cross for you and me. Jesus is absolutely sinlessness. During His incarnation He resisted the many forms of sin and gained the experience of being human. All other people experience the power of sin in their lives. Even though Jesus resisted sin, He suffered the consequences of sin with His sacrifice on the cross. Because God's Son died on the cross for our sins we don't have to.

Out of profound gratitude we should use our time and energy to further God's kingdom. Every day we need to strive to be faithful, obedient, authentic, and effective Christians. Words are good and nice, but it's our actions and the observable qualities of our character that our friends and neighbors KNOW. We want to be effective ambassadors for our King.

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