THANKS GIVING EMPOWERS US IN GRACE
Listen to a teaching on SoundCloud that will renew your mind & empower you.Jesus gave thanks & then fed more than 5000 people.He gave thanks & then raised the dead. Jesus showed us that thanksgiving is a spiritually powerful act.Thanksgiving and gratitude is part of living in the favor and blessings of Gods grace. Thanksgiving renews the mind & puts our focus on God & His goodness to us as His beloved children. Jesus is our thank offering & Jesus qualifies us in every way for the abundant life He promised so that we can share His life with others, the question is can we see it, do we want it, & how do we live in it. Thanksgiving is a key. Click on https://soundcloud.com/gracelovetruth/thanks_grace
International teams visiting
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS VISITSAs part of our missional interaction with teams from the USA, EU, and Australia a team from Ashland University Ohio, spent three weeks at our outreach Grace-Love-Truth: The Isaiah House in Molweni, KZN. They were an amazing blessing - well done everyone, thanks for coming! Let us know if you have University or Church team wanting to link in with us or who want to visit. Contact one of our representatives on Face Book: Abby Mkhwanazi (SA), Mallorie Miller (USA), Rachel Mthembu (Australia), check out www.theisaiahhouse.co.za and www.orphanaid.co.za
We have been hosing teams for the past twelve years so as to bridge the culture gap and advance the kingdom. The teams live in the local community and get involved in cross cultural outreach through evangelism, discipleship and training, preaching, building, serving the poor, kids clubs etc. They will be stretched and will grow in faith and ability as we help them share the good news. At the same time enjoying local outdoor beauty of South Africa surfing, hiking/ trekking, rock climbing and other sports which we offer as either as an add on or use to empower local youth.
As a perk to the mission we can also arrange adventure trips such as game viewing, shark interaction, scuba diving, high mountain hike as these are all fairly local.
Grace thoughts for encouragement
Some thoughts on grace living....>>Grace puts aside every barrier & disqualification that has robbed us of our true identity as mature children of God. #jesusgrace transforms! >>Don't miss Gods grace & allow offense & bitterness to take root & defile your family. Heb.12:15. Be quick to love & forgive- that's grace! >>A profound& hidden truth is that our level of understanding & receiving Gods grace determines our true identity- Without it we are blinded. >>The good news is also that we no longer have to justify ourselves to others all the time. We are justified by Jesus & allow him to defend us. >>Jesus died for our sins & was raised to justify us. (Ro.4:25). We don't have to justify ourselves to God - that's grace. >>Many look to the past & yet can't enjoy today. The reality is, today is the good times you will one day look back on - So enjoy the now! >>Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed .... being fully convinced God had power to do what he had promised. Yep, just like life today. >>Gods freely given love & grace, found in Jesus alone, sets us free from the useless religion of law keeping & fear that justified no one. Be blessed and encourage those around you. We are loved!
Fitness, vitality, health & a long life
Abraham was a prophetic example of the New Covenant believer who lives by faith and grace.(Gal.3:7) teaches that we are sons of Abraham and his blessing are our blessings (in Christ).
Abraham and his wife Sarah have something to teach us about old age. Their story is not there as some history lesson but as a living example of God's grace.
When reading (Gen.24:1) "Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way" many assume that Abraham, was old and frail. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact at 135, after the death of his first wife, Abraham married a new young wife, had six more children and live another 40 years, prospering in all he did. Also, the good news for the ladies, is that Abraham's first wife, Sarah, was like a youth in her 80's. She had a child, Isaac, was so beautiful that Kings desired her, and she lived another 40 years. What I'm saying is that their abundant full life started in their 80's because God's grace and favor changed the natural order of things. This is what miracles are, when God's supernatural power overcomes the laws of nature.
The issue today is that many Christians are living according to the bad reports of the world concerning aging. People are getting fearful and depressed as the years go by. We are listening to all the bad news reports that at a certain age certain sicknesses and weaknesses will occur. This is a problem as what we fix our eyes on and what we believe, we will generally act out. 
Our call in faith is to fix our eyes on Jesus and now know that we no longer live by the standards and beliefs of the world. Instead we live by the Word and the Spirit. So let us reject the world's ways, renew our thinking and our minds and see Sarah and Abraham as our example as we get older.
Be blessed, healthy and full of the abundant life of Jesus (Jn.10:10) as the years go by expect more not less. May the latter years be more blessed than the former years. Live in this grace.