blindness in you. So I need someone who comes to me and reflecting the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, all his tenderness and patience and love and faithfulness and mercy will help me to see myself as I actually am. If they've done that, I've already learned I don't have to be afraid to look in that mirror because there's nothing that will be exposed about me that hasn't already been covered by the blood of Jesus. This passage is this. "Welcome to the life I've called you to." That's what it is. This is not intended to be, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." This passage is a description of the Savior's plan for normal Christianity. And why is this plan? Because this one is so zealous in his grace that his intention is to send billions of people of grace out into the world to make that grace visible so that grace can transform people and turn them in to more ambassadors of his grace. What a glorious God of grace who would make such a plan. This is grace living. This is Jesus saying, "You go in my name because I love you and I love the people that you will be near and I want them to know my grace. You go, you go, you go. Reflect my grace." Run to the foot of the cross of Jesus. Repent of your ownership. I mean it. And after you repent today, repent tomorrow again. And begin to say, "By powerful transforming grace, I want to be an ambassador of grace where you have put me. I want to be part of that." Listen, this is a welcome to be part of the most important work in the universe. You could never have a better life than this. This is the best of life. Be willing to make sacrifice. Be willing to get up early in the morning. Stay up late at night. Complicate your life. Expend your finances. Give, give, give, give. And know this. Your Redeemer is not so unfaithful, unloving, or unkind to ever call you to a task without enabling you to do it. If this one puts a Red Sea in front of you and he means for you to cross it, he's going to build a bridge. He's going to send a boat. He's going to give the ability to swim or he'll part the waters. Get up in brokenness. Get up in failure. Get up in weakness and say, "You are with me. I will be your ambassador," and watch what Jesus will do. The world cries for ambassadors of grace. What do the big cities, broken cities of our culture need? Ambassadors of grace. What do broken families need? Ambassadors of grace. What do hoards of depressed and discouraged and anxious people need? Ambassadors of grace. What do rebellious teenagers need? Ambassadors of grace. What do little children need? Ambassadors of grace. What do older people at the end of their life need? Ambassadors of grace. The world needs the message of grace. You go, you go, you go. Say, "I will be one of your ambassadors. I don't know how that's going to happen. I feel so weak and unable, but I will go because you've sent me and I will believe that you will grace me so that I may give grace to others." Let's pray. Lord, we would, in this holy moment, confess our sturdy propensity to ownership. We bask in your forgiveness. We refuse to wallow in guilt and shame. And we pray that you would help us to rise and represent you well. May we not give way to fear. May we not be identity amnesiacs. May the Gospel live in us with richness. And may we teach and admonish for the sake of your children and to the praise of your glory. In Jesus' name, amen. You go. God bless.
Transcript: Session 6
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
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