I am better than I deserve – v4

Too often we don’t really mean it,
it is an off-handed question, casually offered,
not really seeking an answer from another,
our greeting to a friend, a stranger, how we interact,
asking, obliquely, “How are you, today?”
 
But, oh, truly, these are those moments,
when Christ calls us to witness, to stop,
to share our truth, our faith, our story,
as we sojourn, as we walk in this life…
 
When I am mindful, when I slow down,
sometimes I will answer, cautiously,
if I feel they might be receptive, open,
“I am better than I deserve…”,
when I witness to this fact…
 
“I have sinned against You oh God,
my shame is self-evident, it is written on me,
I deserve damnation, but I receive salvation,
through the blood of Jesus Christ!”
 
“I deserve death, the cross, my sin convicts me,
but for the blood of Jesus, the Lamb, our sacrifice,
He bore my debt, my stain, the judgement,  
He paid the price I couldn’t pay, humbly, freely;
I am saved by love, by grace, only in Jesus’ name.”
 
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Edited April 2, 2024
I am better than I deserve – v4
 
Edited April 2, 2024
I am better than I deserve – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/i-am-better-than-i-deserve-v3.html 
Edited October 27, 2023
I am better than I deserve – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-am-better-than-i-deserve-v2.html
October 27, 2023
I am better than I deserve
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-am-better-than-i-deserve.html
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November 29, 2021
Video testimony about this “better than I deserve” thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lknI07TQ1_0
edited November 26, 2021
Better than I deserve – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/11/better-than-i-deserve-v2.html
originally from Dave Ramsey
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Edited/new name October 27, 2023
God saved me - 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/god-saved-me-3.html
November 7, 2015
God saved me – 2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/god-saved-me-2.html
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July 17, 2012
God saved me
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/god-saved-me.html
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October 27, 2023
God has saved me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/god-has-saved-me.html
October 27, 2023
May these words lead them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/may-these-words-lead-them.html
October 27, 2023
Lead Others
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/lead-others.html
Edited October 27, 2023
Share your Truth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/share-your-truth-v2.html
Edited October 23, 2023
Share your Faith – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/shade-your-faith-v2.html
October 22, 2023
Witness to Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/witness-to-christ.html
Edited October 22, 2023
Speak your Faith – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/speak-your-faith-2-v2.html
October 22, 2023
A commission, a command, a calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-commission-command-calling.html
October 22, 2023
Sermon by Pastor Bryan Lamoreux
https://reverb.church/pastor/
Reverb Church
Sermon series: Follow Jesus
Sermon 12: “Lead Others”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkLGnbp_JHg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ERheVO9dU (11am service)
(Pastor Bryan/ sermon starts around   minutes)
https://www.facebook.com/ReverbChurchFL/videos/1076462090177586  (9am service)
(Pastor Bryan/ sermon starts around 38:20 minutes)
Matthew 4:18-25 (calling for first disciples, “Fishers of Men”)
Matthew 28:18-20 (Great Commission)
Acts 1:8
John 15:15-16
Ephesians 2:1-2, 4-5
Romans 10:9-13, 14-17
Acts 2 (Pentecost)
 
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