Tony French Speaks

Jesus has made you a child of the light. 

Be very careful then how you live. Live like you are wise, because you are.

The gospel changes everything. We are now Children of The Light. And that changes things.

The gospel changes our hearts. We must put off all cursing and hate.

The gospel does not leave us alone. It changes us. We must put off the old stuff.

One of the reasons that the good news is good news is that it changes us. God changes us, by the work of Jesus, from the inside out. One of the results of that is that God gives us a life of true righteousness and holiness. And man, what a relief that is, such good news...

The reason God is at work in our lives and in the lives of others is because of His love for us (everyone).
In love, we are being made humble and gentle.
In love, we bear with one another.
In love, because God is one, we are being made one (unity)
In love, God's grace gives us gifts. Gifts that are unique to us and needed in the kingdom.
The gifts are given to build up the body of Christ, to help us all mature, until we attain the whole measure of the fullness of Jesus.

Bring it on Jesus, what a life we can live in the fullness of Jesus!

There is a very powerful prayer in Ephesians. A prayer that we can pray over each other.

This prayer addresses the things that we really need to do life.
Strength.
Power.
Established in love.
Power to grasp the love of Jesus
Love that surpasses knowledge
We pray this to the God who is able to do immeasurably more that we can ask or imagine.

Oh, the love of God is the greatest change agent in this creation.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

This is the plan of God, that through Jesus, through our faith in him, we may approach God. We can be in the presence of God. Think of that!

We can approach God with freedom, because He loves us.
We can approach God with confidence, because He loves us.

Please, approach God...

Jesus changed everything. He set aside the Hebrew Law so that all of humanity could be joined together as one people. His people. Jesus created one new humanity. One where we have direct access to God. 

We are a holy temple of people, all of us being built together to be a dwelling place for God.

Think about that!

God has given us a really good thing. Because of His great love for us, he wants us to talk with him. he wants us to pray.

Do you pray? The answer to that question will reveal a lot about what you believe about prayer.