GRACE WORDS

Grace Words By King Julius Kwedhi God wants you, not what you have. You have, literally speaking, nothing to give Him. But He has got everything to give you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. We try to fix our make-ups for God, thinking we can offer Him our beauty for Him to accept us in the beloved. Or we try to work out for Him, so we build strong muscles, thinking God is looking for men with strong muscles to join His army. God has never asked for strong men, and He surely is done with physical battles, at the closing of the Old Testament, sealing it with Malachi and a long silence that ushered into the New Era of the latest active Covenant, the New Covenant. Simply put, we have nothing to offer God that will cause Him to make us right with Himself. Many people try the charity way, to match up with or beat Mother Theresa’s record, thinking that humanitarian work will win God’s favour. He never asked us to be champions of humanitarian work in...

Grace Words By King Julius Kwedhi "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (Matthew 7:13-14 ESV) Who is he that is lost except he that has gone down the wrong way; he that has gone down the wrong path? And what is going down the wrong path if not following falsehood? For going down the wrong path is believing that it leads in the right direction when in truth it doesn’t. But what makes the wrong way seem like it is the right path if it is not the pleasure and the safety that it promises? And what pleasure will seemingly be there if it is not through the outward beauty that that path portrays itself with? Beauty is what gets our positive response. What do I mean? We are designed by God such that if we don’t like something we will not entertain it. At least not until we change our ...

Grace Words By King Julius Kwedhi “People think that, ‘If you go to hell, you go to hell. What’s the difference?’ Again I heard a professor who said, ‘A sinner in hell would give everything that he owned, and do anything that he could to make the number of his sins during his lifetime one less.’ Because he would be judged according to his deeds. And there are various degrees of punishment in hell. Why? Because hell is the place where God manifests His perfect justice. And the punishment always fits the crime; and if there are 30 sins you are gonna be punished 30 ways.” – Dr. R.C. Sproul Am I Making Sense? After posting this on facebook, on I received a comment that I am very much grateful for because it partly lead to the writing of this post. The facebook user responded thus (For the sake of privacy of the user I have hereby withdrawn the name of the user): “This cant always be the case… Why don’t we rather focus more on the fact that we serve a merciful and gra...

From Apostle E. A. Adeboye: I saw it again. This time more scary. The end-time is more than nigh. It will happen like a flash unexpected and time shall be no more for repentance. In my dream, I didn't make it to heaven despite I was saying my last prayer for forgiveness of sins, it was as if God shut his ears. I saw multitude of people running into a church. But inside that church, screaming and  shouting everywhere; people making utterances to heaven. Behold it was as if a strange spirit entered into some people more clearly, I remember seeing an old man who was beside me whom the said spirit entered into and as he let out a cry,he disappeared and few other people. At that point, I realized that the rapture has taken place. I cried the more. Immediately, the devil took over and started making mockery of the left over Christians. He had a register of everyone's name... At this point, I woke up. The end is more than near. Don't keep this message and don't get annoyed...

Max Lucado - UpWords by Max Lucado I like the story about the fellow who went to the pet store for a singing parakeet. The store owner had just the bird and the next day the man came home to a house full of music. When he went to feed the bird he noticed for the first time, the parakeet had only one leg. He called the store and complained. "What do you want," the store owner responded, "a bird who can sing or a bird who can dance?" Good question for times of disappointment. What do you want? It's what Jesus asked the disciples when they complained. And in Luke 24:27 Jesus began to tell them the story of God's plan for people, "starting with Moses and all the prophets, and everything that had been written about Himself in the Scriptures." Jesus' cure for the broken heart is the story of God. So what do you want? If you're disappointed, turn to the story of God. He's still...

Grace Words by King Julius Kwedhi Yes, the Lord Jesus hates sin. Passionately. He makes sure that the 5 billion dollar thief is punished accordingly as much as he makes sure the 5 cents thief in no way escapes justice. He gives no more and no less than what is deserved. According to what we each one has done, He will repay us. [i] Even us the righteous we shall receive in proportion to how we lived righteously, even though righteousness is a gift. Now hear Jesus say, “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. [ii] ” “And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. [iii] ” Can you hear compassion in those sweet Words? I can. And I do. Indeed, the Words of Jesus are the greatest Words ever spoken! I strongly believe that Jesus loves and delights in restoring people. Just encountering those words does something to me. I have come to understand and treasur...

Grace Words by King Julius Kwedhi Forgiveness is a place of restoration and transformation. It is not an act of concealing rottenness in the heart, but, on the contrary, it is the letting go of the hurt, anger and bitterness, and saying no to the rottenness that tries to take residence in your heart. Forgiveness isn’t a cover up, but an opening up to true love. Genuine love. Unconditional love that flows out of a pure heart. It is not a mask you put on as a show to the outside world that “nothing” can hurt you. It is the admitting that you have been hurt and you have chosen to not let that hurt to inhabit your heart. Forgiveness is the victory against doubt and fear. Unbelief births unforgiveness. On the other hand, faith births forgiveness. When you do not believe the Word of God that promises freedom in forgiveness, you get hold of unforgiveness and will refuse to let it go because you apparently do not want to look “coward,” “wimpy,” and “unreasonable.” But when y...