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Text Box: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8 What have you been asking God to give you these days? Have you been struggling financially and need God to provide you relief from these monetary struggles with either more money or with less financial obligations? Have you been struggling in a relationship and need God to provide the other person (or how about you) with more patience, insight, and unconditional love? What have you been asking God to give the world these days? Have you been concerned with the strife and military conflicts across the globe, asking God to bring about world peace and understanding? Have you been concerned with world health issues, such as the AIDS pandemic sweeping the world, asking God for worldwide healing? There is a great shifting that is happening in the spiritual world that is manifesting itself in the Church. There is this great re-emphasizing, and to some a new discovery of the power of God’s grace. The world and its inhabitants are searching, in a desperate way, for what is right. They look for how to make right happen. They attempt to commit acts, do works that are right as if to think that these things will make them right in their life. But grace, God’s precious grace, is not dependent on anything we do. It is not possible to earn it because God is not willing to sell it at any price. While it is incredibly priceless, it also has no price.

Text Box: The wonderful message we have for the world is that God loves and is willing to extend His love to them right now wherever they are, whatever state their lives are in. There is no price or admission fee. There are no hoops or conditions to be completed. One just needs to accept this wonderful gift of grace. As people of God it is not our job to straighten out people, or straighten out this world. We are called as gift-givers. We are called to distribute the gift of grace that God has bountifully given to us. We have the marvelous and great opportunity to tell us that they can come to God just as they are, and they too, can receive this gift of grace. They do not need to fit into an institutional box. They do not need to conform to some set of rules. They just need to come as they are, and let God’s grace transform and enrich their lives. For some, this transformation is immediate. For must of us, the change is gradual. For all of us, the change is for a lifetime and into eternity. Do you get frustrated with people and their perceived unwillingness to embrace God? Maybe they do not have in mind the true picture of God’s loving grace. Maybe they need you to be that picture. Maybe God needs you to be that picture to the world. What the world needs now, is God’s love, God’s sweet love. In His arms,

Grace — We Need More!

by Pastor Dave Bassett

Text Box: Summer is upon us. I hope that the school year has been full of uplifting and fruitful times. Here in Idaho, we just finished our District Assembly. I believe that in California, in the Anaheim District, the District Assembly was the week before. It is interesting to think some of the same people were at each of these Assemblies. Dr. Wilson from the Nazarene Publishing House was here in Idaho, as I’m pretty sure he was in California.

Text Box: We have to have our Assemblies at different times so that some individuals can be there. Aren’t you glad that God can be everywhere at once? We do not have to schedule God to be at our church on a specific Sunday, or to be with us on a certain day. Don’t forget that God is with us always, no matter what we are doing or where we go during the summer. Praise God—He is alive and well — and omnipresent!

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Kingdom Together

May 25, 2007

May, Issue #2

Building God’s Kingdom Newsletter

Special points of interest:

· Grace—We Need More!
by Pastor Dave

· Have A Great Summer!
by Judy Bassett

· Jesus and Obedience — Part 4
by Pastor Dave

Have A Great Summer!

By Judy Bassett