GIFT It with Love

... 1/4 cup honey

50g good dark chocolate, roughly chopped

Icing sugar for dusting

GIFT It ...

The best gifts are from the heart !

* Wrap your "made-up Recipe" with Love in style.  

FINAL touch after wrapping is to tie with ribbon and you have a scrumptious GIFT for that someone special.

**** ~ Eternity !! ~ ****

YOU are not alone if you are still wondering whether to open your heart to the FREE offer of God's gift of salvation. Many think the offer is too good to be true. Many more are afraid they'll be obligated to somehow repay God for His gift.

Yet the decision to receive the gift of salvation is yours. The apostle John wrote: "He came to His own people, and even they rejected Him. But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:11-12).

IF you are ready to receive the greatest of all gifts, the openness of your heart is what God is looking for. You might want to sincerely use your own words, or express a prayer like this:

"Dear God, I have sinned against You. I believe that Jesus Your Son, that He died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins, and that He rose from the dead to prove it. Now I accept Your offer of full forgiveness and eternal life. I accept Jesus as Your gift for my salvation."

IF this is the honest expression of your heart, you have entered into a personal relationship with God!

** You are encouraged to focus on true biblical values by reading/absorbing God's word from the Bible.

A church should be operated by God's word. Be wary over leaders' in that church that do NOT display/live and talk Bible-teaching (they tend to "water" it down by being lost in translation). *ALL of God's word is true as it is written in the Bible. Do NOT be distracted by luke-warm Christians in fellowship but be always wary. *DO not despair. God is on your side provided you remain faithful to Him!!

*THERE is no perfect church. IF you realise this, find a church that you believe represents Jesus Christ!

*An understanding of the Bible is of the utmost importance to learn and grow as a true-Christian.

(P.S. My Husband and I have been true-Christians' for twenty (20) years' and have together learned that information through experience. We will never stop learning.)

*We find and know that the Bible is the living word and is relevant "yesterday, today and tomorrow" (without compromise)!!

** Disability ? !! **

I hate having a disability. It's at war with my members (parts of my body). What do I do? Cry. I've done that, time and time again...but,
" ... God says, " 'My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways,' says the LORD. 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts' " (Isaiah 55: 8-9). ...

God's promises are not given to all, but to everyone who is willing to seek and trust Him. Isaiah reminds us to seek Him on His terms. ...

The whole Bible makes it clear that God promises to be found only by those willing to surrender to Him. This important condition of surrender is what Jesus taught when He said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). He said this immediately after saying, "Blessed are the poor in spirit . . . . Blessed are those who mourn . . . . Blessed are the meek . . . . Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness . . . . Blessed are the merciful" (vv.3-7).

Each of these conditions reflects the need for a surrendered heart as a condition to receive the blessing of God. ...

Salvation itself is a gift. Forgiveness and eternal life come to us only by grace and through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9). But seeing God in the Bible requires a willingness to do the will of God. Only in surrender do we have assurance that God will let us see the truth about Christ in our present circumstances. Only in submission can we see the Father and His Son on every page of Scripture".

(extracts are from Knowing God Through The Whole Bible/RBC - RADIO BIBLE CLASS Ministries. READ it on the Web at www.discoveryseries.org/sb001 .)