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It should also lift our hearts to know we were saved by God’s Grace!



It is good for those of us, privileged by the new birth, to consider that we were shaped in sin. While this may cause us sadness, it should also lift our hearts to know we were saved by God’s Grace! Let’s rejoice and be comforted that through grace we are now capable of serving almighty God. Let us then strive toward holiness. The holiest men have, and the more good they do, the more gladness they have. It is good to seriously reflect on our guilt for it will keep our hearts humble and your conscience alert and tender. Such contemplation will make Christ more precious to our souls, strengthen our prayers and attempts to serve others.


1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are diggers.  Isaiah 51:1 (KJV)


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