Welcome to Hank’s Place
Hank’s Place is where you’ve come home! Why? Because Hank’s Place is a place – of grace. My dad, due to a difficult home life growing up, had a struggle with showing love, affection, acceptance, approval – and I grew up with a deep sense that I did not have his approval, and it hurt.
When I was born again, Father God enveloped me in His love and His approval. I had believed upon His only begotten Son, you know, the one whom He had sent to save the world. I was loved because God is love, not because of my performance, achievements, or accomplishments.
However, immediately the devil began his efforts to sow doubts in my mind: am I good enough? Have I done enough? Did I do the right thing? He and his evil minions sowed doubt and discouragement, depression and accusation in my life – just like every single Christian on the planet.
For decades, literally, I struggled to be a good Christian. Then, it was revealed to me – the place of grace – God’s unmerited, undeserved favor, blessing, love, acceptance, that JESUS had purchased for me. It was a much better place of living, my friend!
We, all of us, deserved punishment and death as the reward for our lives. But Jesus took it all at Calvary, including death. So we could live life, loving lavishly – by and in the Spirit. Believe it dear friend because it is true!
Now, two points about this grace of God:
First, it is a gift. A person – receives a gift; they do not earn it or attain to it. Ro 5:15-17 says in part and paraphrasing, but the gracious gift is not like the offense. One sinned (Adam) and we all died. And then all sinned. Out of that you would think judgment would arise. Instead, the grace of God arose, and it resulted in justification. Listen to verse 17 from the Passion translation: “Death once held us in its grip, and by the blunder of one man, death reigned as king over humanity. But now, how much more are we held in the grip of grace and continue reigning as kings in life, enjoying our regal freedom through the gift of perfect righteousness in the one and only Jesus, the Messiah!” We can be victims, or by God’s grace, we can reign in life. Let’s reign today, OK?
Second, grace reigns through righteousness. What’s that mean? Far from being the license to sin that law-preachers are afraid of and preach against, grace actually TEACHES us righteousness. That’s in the Bible: Titus 2:11-12. “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age.”
So today, I invite you, to receive MORE of the GRACE of GOD. It will help you to live uprightly in these amazing days, it will help you — COME ALIVE!
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