Chapter Ten
Practicing The Presence of God
Years ago I read a very small and simple book written about a monk named Brother
Lawrence. The book was entitled, "Practicing the Presence of God". It was one of
those life changing books you read every so often.
Now on the surface as you hear the title of the book you may think "human
effort" right off the bat. At least that is what I thought. How can you practice the
presence of God? That sounds a little humanistic, as if you can turn the presence of God
on and off at your wish or command. The book isn't really suggesting that. The basic point
was throughout the day we need to understand that as Christians the Lord is with us. I
think that we as Christians if we admit it struggle at this idea. The idea being that the
God of this universe through His Spirit lives in our lowly earthly bodies. That's the crux
of the New Testament, yet when we think of it, it's a little tough to handle at times. If
this is really so why don’t we feel His presence more often. This is the issue of
what this little book is all about.
We are a part of a physical family here on earth. Some of us have wives and some have
husbands and some have children. Others have brothers or sisters, or fathers and mothers.
Everyone of us have experienced one or more of these relationships. During the day when we
are with these people we talk to them. We don't just set aside ten minutes in the morning
and five minutes in the evening to talk with them. We are not silent towards our spouse as
we prepare meals together, and as we buy groceries together. We talk to them, and we talk
to them some more. The idea of having to wait for a certain time to talk to our spouses is
not natural, although we do set aside specific times to make sure certain important things
get said.
This should be the same with the Lord, thus the point to the book by Brother Lawrence.
Instead of thinking your thoughts to yourself we should learn to think them to the Lord.
It sounds simple doesn't it, but it is revolutionary. Could you imagine thinking some of
those thoughts you have to the Lord? Could you imagine thinking, "that dirty driver,
I'd love to run him off the road". Could you really imagine thinking that thought to
the Lord? If we learned how to think our thoughts to the Lord who is ever present with us
anyway, we might not think certain thoughts at all.
The practicing comes in when we remind ourselves of the truth that He is ever present
with us. We need to talk with Him. We need to think to Him as many thoughts as we have
that pass through our minds. We still need to get away at times and say the important
things and hear what He has to say in return. We do need to direct every thought to Him.
As we do this we develop a stronger relationship with Him. As a result of a stronger
relationship we do His will in the way He wants. We do less of our will in our own human
effort.
This is the beginning to what it means when we say, we need to "walk in the Spirit
and not in the flesh". I have outlined what human effort is. Now we need some
answers. We need to know what to do if we lay aside our self reliance. What I have just
said is a beginning step. It's a real important beginning step. Please don't pass this one
by.
If we are to walk by faith, if we are to do everything from faith as Paul says, then we
need to talk and think our thoughts to the Lord. This results in a personal relationship
with Christ. Faith presupposes we have a relationship with the one we put our faith in.
Without the relationship there is little or no faith. Without the growing relationship
there is no growth in our faith. It becomes stagnant and we drift into our own world of
human effort.
A personal relationship with Jesus means we will walk in the Spirit and we will live by
faith. We will worry less about pleasing man. We will reverence Him who is always with us
and sees our hearts. Our activity will be motivated from a desire to serve Him from a pure
heart.
In the Old Testament you could lay aside the written code. You could conveniently lose
the Law. Now you can't do that. The Lord is always here. There is no escaping Him. If you
thought you could hide in Old Testament days, well, you certainly can't now. We all need
to understand that He is with us and sees everything we do.
Chapter Eleven
Caution
At this point, and before I go on I want to throw out some caution. I want to
tell you a few things that I am not talking about when I say we need to walk by faith, and
live in the Spirit.
One thing I am not saying is that we need to be spooky Christians. On the contrary,
it's my opinion that as we grow in the Lord we become less spooky and more natural. Living
in the Spirit doesn't mean that we are the ones that have the heaviest prophecy at church.
It doesn't mean that we are always on cloud nine and fail to see human need around us. It
doesn't mean we're talking about the Lord every moment of the day. It doesn't mean that we
are saying "praise the Lord" all the time, like some sinners use certain swear
words every other minute. As we grow in our relationship with the Lord we become more
comfortable with Him in a certain reverent way. This comfortableness will be seen by
others. We will not have to put on a false front of spirituality. We won't be striving for
that heavy duty prophecy. We can just be ourselves. Living by the Spirit is not being
spooky and so spiritual that you can't be touched by those earthly folk around you. If you
feel you need to be spooky then you've missed the whole point.
Another thing I am not saying is that we should analyze every little thing we do as
Christians to see if it's the Lord's will. I am not saying that we need to be constantly
checking ourselves to see if this or that was done in the Spirit. The problem with this
thinking is that we will get bogged down in the analyzing process and fail to do anything
for fear we will be out of order. Please listen, I am not saying that.
I once had a friend say that he would pick me up in his car at a certain time. After
waiting for about three hours I had given up on the idea that he would be coming that day.
He lived about forty minutes away and I knew that it didn't take three hours. Well it
turned out that he did make it. He was just about three hours late. I asked him what had
happened. I was hoping that he didn't get in an accident along the way.
He assured me that there was no accident. The Lord protected him from such things. My
friend was just a little spiritual, maybe a little spooky, at least for my liking. He
proceeded to tell me the story of his lateness.
He was walking down the steps of his house and the Lord told him to go and get a book
to bring into town with him. So being a good Christian he obeyed the Lord. He went back
upstairs and found the book.
After getting into his car and turning on the ignition the Lord told him not to take
the book with him to town. So he got out of the car and took the book back into the house.
Down the stairs he went again. He got into his car and headed down the street a couple
of blocks when all of a sudden he heard the Lord say, "get that book". So he
turned into the nearest driveway, and headed for home once again.
He retrieved the book and went back down the steps and back into his car and headed
towards town. He got half way to my house and the Lord spoke even one more time. Can you
imagine what the Lord said? Yes, you are right. He said, "take that book back".
So in obedience he turned his car around immediately and headed for home one last time.
After returning the book to its place on the shelf for the - how many times I forget -
he headed back down the steps.
I wonder what the point of all this was. I wonder why the Lord said those things to my
friend. Maybe he might have gotten in a car accident if he would have left at the intended
time. Maybe the Lord felt that my friend needed some exercise and so he made him go up and
down those steps so many times.
Do you know what I really think? I think you do. I doubt that the Lord spoke to him at
all. So I told him just that. He was so caught up in figuring out the will of the Lord
that he missed it along the way. I think some people seek the will of the Lord as if it is
the fourth person of the trinity. I am not telling you to do such things.
I also am not telling you to stop every Christian thing you are doing until you can
figure out how to walk in the Spirit. What we do, even though apart from the Lord does
have some benefit to the people we do it for.
We do need to realize that even though these good works have benefit for others it will
not add a jewel to our heavenly crown. A matter of fact there might be no recognition for
these good works in the Day of the Lord.
Let me quote parts of 1 Corinthians 3:10-16. "By the grace God has given me I laid
a foundation as an expert builder,... but each one should be careful how he builds... if
any man build on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stone, wood, hay or straw, his
work will be shown for what it is because the Day will bring it to light. It will be
revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each mans work. If what he has
built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss, he
himself will be saved, but only as escaping through the flames."
This scripture shows that all of our good works won't last. Maybe none of them will.
What I see Paul saying here is that works done outside of faith, works done in human
effort will burn up. We will be saved. There is no doubt about that. Our works will go up
in flames and we will receive no reward for burned up good deeds.
You also notice that Paul performed his good works by the grace of God. A good
definition of grace is, God given ability and strength to do what has to be done, no
matter what it is. We sometimes think that grace is a covering over of our sin. We think
that grace is God saying, "that's okay. I know you blew it. Don't worry about
it." Really grace is the spiritual fortitude He gives us to do what He wants us to
do. If He asks us to do something then He will give us the strength and the grace, and
whatever it takes to get the job done. That leaves little room for excuses.
With this in mind I am saying don't stop doing good works unless you are certain that
you should stop. Don't necessarily stop to analyze all your good works, unless you are
prepared to handle it. What I am saying here is, include the Lord in your good works and
once you include Him if He does not want you to do them you will know. You will know
because He will tell you. He most likely will not tell you if you don't let Him be a part
of things.
Sometimes we just don't know what the Lord would have for us. We can honestly say that
we have sought Him out on a matter and haven't gotten an answer for some reason. If this
is truly the case then you need to do what you feel is right. The idea here is that you
did search the heart of the Lord. You didn't go off on your own. You can honestly say I
have included Him but am still in doubt. The honesty we have is important. Do what you
feel is best and sooner or later you will know for sure.
I am not telling you to be a spooky charismatic Christian. I am not telling you to get
bogged down in self analyzation. I am not telling you to stop all of your Christian
activity until you get this stuff figured out.
I am saying, know what it means to walk in the Spirit and do it every day. Act from
your heart and not just your mind. Be honest with yourself and with the Lord. When in
doubt do what you feel is right. As I see it when you do what you feel is right, you are
doing it in faith. You want the Lord to give you the grace to do this particular job. If
you are headed in the wrong direction I am confident you will come to see this before too
long.
Chapter Twelve
What Am I Telling You
What does it mean to do everything in faith? What does it mean to live or walk
in the Spirit? What was Paul getting at when he was writing to the Galatian church?
Look at what Paul said again in Galatians 3. He told these people that they began in
the Spirit. What does that mean to you and I? It means that when we became a Christian we
met with the Lord. This was an introduction of sorts. Before that time we did not know Him
personally. We heard the salvation message and something within us said, "that's
right - I believe it". That was initial faith that we expressed. That is what Paul
said, "did you not receive the Spirit by believing what you heard".
Once we heard the message, we believed and then once we believed we acted accordingly.
What did we then do? We then asked Jesus to come into our hearts and our lives. And what
does that mean? In light of the fact that the Bible says that Jesus is sitting on His
throne at the right hand of God, it means that Jesus in the form of the Holy Spirit came
to live within us. Jesus told the disciples in John 14 that He had to leave so He could
send the Comforter, that is the Holy Spirit. At conversion we were born again by the
Spirit of God. This means we received the Holy Spirit, and it was by faith believing, just
as Paul said in Galatians 3.
Now that original step was done by faith. We relied on the Lord to give us His Spirit,
and so He did. For step two and each subsequent step we follow the same pattern. We first
hear what Jesus says. We then believe it. Then we ask Him and receive the ability to do
what He wants. To me that is as simple as it gets, but that has been our struggle
throughout the centuries.
Where do we miss the boat. Well it could be anywhere along the line. Maybe we don't
receive the ability He gives us once we ask. Maybe we don't ask for it. Maybe we don't
hear once we ask. Maybe we don't even believe we will hear when we do ask. Maybe we just
don't want to get involved.
The basic point to it all comes back to practicing the presence of the Lord. We direct
our thoughts, our words and our lives to Him. As a result our relationship with Him grows.
As a result of growth in the relationship we find it easier to rely on Him. It is easier
to put our trust in Him. It is easier to have faith. Then it is easier for us to do
whatever needs to be done out of the trust, reliance and faith. We no longer depend on our
own human effort.
My answer to dead works, to self reliance, to human effort is simple. First of all we
recognize what human effort is and that it effects all of us. Then we decide that we want
to build a relationship with the Lord. Is that too hard to understand?
I am not sure this needs any more explanation but maybe still some struggle at what I
am getting at. Part of what I am saying, is to put your heart back into your Christian
life. The tendency is to think that living by faith is having to lay aside the feeling, or
that living by faith means to lay aside the heart felt emotions of the spiritual life.
Sometimes I think we feel Christian maturity is laying aside the heart felt love for the
Lord and replacing it with mental understanding. We think growth comes through the head
alone. The head is involved, but is balanced with out heart’s.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 8:1 that "knowledge puffs up". That means pure
knowledge can make us proud and think we are better than what we are. There is nothing
wrong with knowing things, and knowing lots of things. I believe the Lord first wants our
hearts. That is where He lives. Then once He really has our hearts, which means our wills,
emotions, desires, that most inner part of us. then He can work on our heads. He will do
that. Paul also says in Romans 12:2 that we should not be conformed to this world but be
transformed by the renewing of our minds. It is my opinion that He can't do that without
first having our hearts.
Sometimes I think that this heart talk is tougher for men to grasp. We like to think
that we are cool and strong and most of all level headed. We communicate and live our
lives from a more mental outlook and less from an emotional, or heart felt outlook. We
leave that to the women, but I think when we do that we are only hurting ourselves. We as
men (and women too) need to learn how to live from our hearts.
The problem with living from our hearts as well as our heads is that we will become
more vulnerable to others. We will have to share with others what we really feel inside.
That can be hard. Just admitting that a man actually feels in his heart can be tough for
some. The "real man " image presents a false sense of security.
If we are serious about building our relationship with the Lord then we must be serious
about getting back to the heart. You cannot develop this relationship with your heads
alone. Let me ask you this. When you first met your husband or your wife, did you fall in
love with your head or with your heart? I dare say you lost your mind in the whole ordeal.
I doubt if you really found it again until you were married for two or three years. So you
do know what it means to experience the reality of your heart.
As an aside the Galatian problem reaches into our marriage. We begin with our hearts
then our minds begin to balance things out, which is okay. Then after awhile our brain
solely takes charge and we leave our hearts behind. As a result of not guarding our hearts
they are lost to someone else. The same thing happens with us and the Lord. We lose that
heart felt passion and love for him. Then once that happens our heart's desire move on to
something else. It could be anything. It could be a hobby, a job, or a person, but our
attention moves on and something else takes the place of the Lord in our hearts.
I would like to say that idolatry is spiritual adultery. The giving up of our hearts to
something else other than the Lord is idol worship. That was one of the main sins of the
Old Testament Jews. Adultery in marriage is when one partner gives up his or her heart to
someone else. Once the heart has been given over then the flesh will soon follow. Marriage
is an earthly shadow of the heavenly relationship we have with the Lord. That is why I can
say "idolatry" is "spiritual adultery".
Prayer helps us regain the heart felt relationship. Confession of our true feelings to
the Lord and others helps us get back to our hearts. Throwing away the facade can get us
back to our hearts. Not being afraid to look deep within us and seeing what is really
there can help. Some are really afraid to do this because they may not like what they
seek, but it has to be done if you want the clutter and cobwebs out of your heart. Being
in places where the Lord is moving gets your heart’s fire re-ignited. Fellowshipping
with other Christians who visibly love the Lord can add some sparks again. Spending more
time in Christian activity and less time in front of the TV can help a lot. There are most
likely countless things you can do to regain lost ground. Seeking forgiveness and
forgiving others is important.
This is what I mean by walking in the Spirit, living by faith. You know we often throw
around Biblical terminology, yet when we are asked just what that means we have a hard
time answering. Is it because we really don't know what it means? I am afraid many times
this is the case. That is why I have attempted to tell you what I think this all means.
In our attempt to regain lost ground we stand humbly and honestly before the Lord. We
say, "I need, I want your help in giving you my heart and working in my life".
We ask in sincerity and He answers that prayer. When we hear the answer we say
"yes" to the Lord. We are then in a position to receive grace to re-ignite the
flame. It is impossible to re-ignite the flame on our own.
Evangelicals want and stress a personal salvation. We should just as much want a
personal outworking of this salvation in our lives. We have a personal Lord, so lets get
personal with Him.
Chapter Thirteen
Results of Walking In Faith
What kinds of results are there when we begin to live our lives this way. Well,
there are probably too many to mention, but lets try to think of a few.
Let's take a case sample of John on a Sunday morning. He is a husband and a father.
He's been going to church for years and years. Sunday morning has become one big habit. He
doesn't really anticipate its arrival. It just happens. It's not really that different
than Monday morning. He wakes up with the alarm and gets underway.
Lately John has had a change of heart. He wants to work with the Lord. He just doesn't
want to work for Him and he really doesn't want to do the work of the Lord on his own any
longer. John then wakes up one Sunday morning and before anything else that he does he
says good morning to the Lord. You say good morning to your wife, don't you?
Well, why not say it to the Lord.
John tells the Lord that he is glad to be with Him today. He stumbles to the bathroom
and trips over a toy that was left on the floor the night before by some neglectful child.
He says, "ouch Lord, that hurts. Where is that kid of mine". He gets into the
shower, and the water is too cold. Instead of just thinking that the water is too cold he
thinks to the Lord, " boy Lord, this water is cold". The Lord is there with him,
isn't He? Jesus doesn't get out of you just because you go into the bathroom to take a
shower. He is with you everywhere, and in absolutely any place you find yourself. Think
about that a bit. You do believe that, don't you? Do you think that the Lord covers His
eyes when you take your clothes off and get into the shower? Of course He doesn't. So tell
him that you made the water too cold this morning.
I'm sure you believe that the Lord is with you in the shower. At least theologically
you believe that. You may struggle with it a bit after really thinking it through. The
reason for the struggle is that there are certain places, or particular things we do that
the Lord is not all that happy with. When we do these things we ignore Him, as if He
really wasn't there, but the problem is, He is there.
Church starts at 10:30 AM and by the time John arrives he has spent a lot of time
talking to the Lord already. It is his job to lead the singing. He doesn't have to compose
himself at the last minute and pray to the Lord that He blesses him as he leads the song
service. John has already talked to the Lord about that earlier in the morning, most
likely it was in the shower.
Now that John is at church, standing in front of the people he just starts singing and
worshiping. He is now serving his people well as he leads them into worship. John knows
that the Lord knows church has started. He really doesn't have to invite the Lord to be
present. The Lord knows the service starts at 10:30. There is no real use of asking Him to
come. He wants to be there. John wants Him to be there, and they have already talked about
it. So John from his heart worships the Lord. Then others join in with him. As a result
Jesus comes to the meeting in a real way. The open door for the Lord is our worship. We
can invite Jesus into our gatherings but if we don't open the door through worship He will
be left out.
Too often church leaders ask Jesus to be a part of their service but when He comes to
the door they refuse to let Him in. We can ask the Lord all we want to come to church but
if we lock Him out once He gets there then He obviously can't get in. Of course He could
break the doors down. Sometimes he does that. Sometimes He says, "I am going to
church whether you guys like it or not". For the most part He doesn't do that. Our
heart felt worship is the opening of the door to Jesus. I am convinced of that.
Once the church service is over John doesn't leave the Lord locked up in the church
building. John knows that Jesus is coming home for lunch. What a lunch guest. So on the
drive home John stops at a red light and thinks, "thanks Lord, that was great this
morning, wasn't it". He just speaks to the Lord in his own way. He doesn't use fancy
King James language. He doesn't say Lord, God, Jesus, and Christ at the beginning and end
of every sentence. He is just plain old John talking and thinking to the Lord in a way
only John can do.
Doesn't it sound like a good relationship. It does to me. There is that time when John
knows he needs to take, that quiet time when he can sit down and have a serious
conversation with the Lord. He knows that is important and he does just that. He finds
that time more meaningful because he has included Jesus in his life along the way.
I think that it is tough getting with the Lord for ten minutes at the end of the day
when you haven't spoken to Him at all during the day. I don't think that the Lord is all
that interested in a spasmodic relationship. We come and go as we wish. If we want to talk
to Him we do, and if we don't want to talk to Him we don't. That kind of Christian life is
purely self centered, all at our convenience. That really is human effort.
Do you see the results of being in fellowship with the Lord. You know Him better. You
have a clearer picture of what He wants you to do. When these things are done they are
done in co-operation with Him. The results of such heart felt activity are much better
than those done merely out of routine. As you do those things the Holy Spirit will touch
the hearts and lives of the people you're with. That really is your goal. You want to
touch hearts. You want to impact lives. You don't just want to be a dispenser of Christian
information. Isn't that the truth?
As Paul also says, "we are living letters" (2 Cor. 3:3). We will be read by
those around us. Do we want them to read your own words that have no power and redeeming
value, or do you want them to read the Word of God in your life. His Word has great power,
much redeeming value and a greater possibility of effecting hearts and souls of men.
Chapter Fourteen
In Reverence To God
Some people may ask about certain scriptures that seem to suggest that we need
to work out our salvation. They may say that I am minimizing work that we have to do as
Christians.
I am not saying we don't have to work at things. I am saying that as we work, we do it
with the Lord. I say with the Lord and not for the Lord. The word with is a much more
accurate portrayal of how it really is. I remind you of the last verse of the book of Mark
where it says that the disciples went out and preached the good news and the Lord worked
"with" them confirming the word with signs following. (Mark 16:20)
Do you see that we do have work to do? Do you see that working with is better than
working for. Working for, to me suggests doing the job on our own and reporting back every
so often. That is not the way it should be. We do not report back to the Lord once a week.
We talk to Him and receive from Him what is necessary to do the work.
Note 2 Corinthians 7:2. "...let us purify ourselves from everything that
contaminates body and spirit, and let us strive for perfection out of reverence for
God." The human effort crowd will point out the words "purify yourselves",
and "strive" in this verse. These words are there. I admit to that fact, but
look at the end of that verse. We strive out of "reverence for God". That means
a great deal here. As we strive for perfection we do it in the sight of God. We do it in
reverence for Him. That means we do not do it in our own strength. In the fear and power
of the Lord we attain perfection.
How about Phil. 2:12 and 13 which says, "work out you own salvation with fear and
trembling for it is God that works within you". The same thought appears here as
well. We work, but it is God Himself that helps us from within.
Chapter Fifteen
In Conclusions
Now let's bring all that I have said into a simple conclusion. Let me repeat
myself in one paragraph so you will be left with the bare bones and be clear about what I
have said.
The tendency for all of us is once we have received the Holy Spirit is to live out our
Christian lives on our own, apart from the Lord. This can be called" human
effort". We need to know what human effort is. Then we need to acknowledge that we
have the problem. After this we decide whether or not we want to change. If we say yes to
change we do whatever is necessary to develop our relationship with the Lord on a real
heart felt personal level. Prayer, continually talking to Him is the first step. Laying
aside sin that causes separation is a second step. Finding the places and the times alone
and with others to experience the presence of God is another step. As our relationship
with Him grows so will our faith, trust and reliance on Him grow. As a result self
reliance takes a back seat. "Human effort" then becomes inspiration and support
from the Lord. Once we see this working in our lives we then will touch the lives and
hearts of people. We will no longer be fast food dispensers of spiritual information. We
will minister to the hearts and souls of people. We will be natural Christians walking and
working with the supernatural God touching peoples lives where the rubber meets the road.
I want to leave you with some words from a country song. sung by Kathy Mattea. You say,
"a country song. Is that the best you can do to end with"? Well just think about
these words.
"I guess we never learn.
We go through life parched and empty,
Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst".
What a picture these words paint in my mind. A picture of the church and the
individuals within it. Their lips parched and dry, without the Water of Life. Their hearts
cold and hard, yet we all stand knee deep in the river, the River of Life, dying of
thirst. How terribly ironic it is. Can you see that picture in your minds eye?
It makes me want to paint a picture of a Christian who is weak and emaciated, like a
dying man in a desert. Instead of standing on the dry desert sands, he is knee deep in a
torrent of water. He experiences the unquenchable thirst but for some reason he
doesn’t want to bend over and take a drink.
The question now remains and has come to mind as I have written these words. If I am
dry and parched in my own human ways, do I really want to make the change? Do I want to
kneel down into the river that I am standing in and take the drink? Do I want to become
part of the flow or would I rather be like a rock and let the river pass me by? The river
will pass by. It has been passing by all along.
There is absolutely no excuse for a Christian to spend his or her entire life
spiritually parched and dry. There is no reason why we should be waiting for that once in
a life time window of revival opportunity that lasts a week or two. We are in the River of
Life if we are Christian. The Holy Spirit lives with and in us. We stand knee deep in this
river. Now lets drink and thirst no more. Then once we have the strength from the drink we
can just dive in and swim in the presence of God.
I leave you with Revelation 22:17 to think on. "The Spirit and the bride say,
come! And let him who hears say, come! Whoever is thirsty, let him come, and whoever
wishes, let him take the free gift of the Water of Life
Post Script
I originally wrote these words in 1993. As I have recopied them I have noticed
that I have sounded a little harsh in places. My intention is not to centre out one
or two groups of Christians and condemn them. I am merely showing that all of us,
including myself, find ourselves trapped in human effort to one degree or other.
For those who don't care that they are in this state and actually believe this is God's
will, I would admonish that they are on dangerous ground, and may be in the process of
"falling from Grace".
For those who have a heart towards our Lord and want to please Him but struggle at
times with human effort, here is what I think. I could easily put myself in the
category. If our hearts are given to the Lord, we are in faith and should not worry
about falling from Grace. If our hearts condemn us at times we know that God is
greater than our hearts. (1 John 3:19-21)
When I think of these things I think of the day of judgment. I am sure that many
of my works will be burned with the fire, but myself, I will be saved. Why will I be
saved? How will I give account of myself? I have no other basis for my
salvation other than what Jesus did for me on the cross. I have no other defense.
I will only be able to say, as I fall before Him, "I have accepted what you
did for me Lord. I have done nothing worth your salvation. I thank you for
this".
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