We are Covered in Forgiveness (Week 6)

I hope you all have had a wonderful week. Things have been crazy for us as we have been getting our house packed up for the big move, and also we welcomed my new, beautiful baby niece into the world this morning! "Baby Girl McFarland" is 8lbs 3oz of pure beauty. Anyhow, here's the summary from Barb! Listen to this week's lesson by clicking here.

"Another week of M&M is over. We're about halfway now! Don't grow weary in doing good...keep pressing on!

We opened up our new gift this week and gazed at the jewel of FORGIVENESS. So huge; so life-changing. I emailed all of you the "Jewels of Forgiveness" as well as the new quote cards- "You are Forgiven!" and "We are not Permitted".

I also read the following quote by Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones:

“HAVE YOU EVER REALIZED THAT MOST OF YOUR UNHAPPINESS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF MORE THAN YOU TALK TO YOURSELF?” (from Spiritual Depression It's Causes and It's Cure)

C.J. Mahaney, of Sovereign Grace Ministry, said concerning this quote: YOU CAN TRANSITION FROM AN UNHAPPY SOUL TO A HAPPY SOUL, FROM A TROUBLED SOUL TO A HOPEFUL SOUL, BY TALKING TRUTH TO YOURSELF, BY PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO YOURSELF. SINGING IS A MEANS OF TALKING TO YOURSELF; SINGING IS A MEANS OF BIBLICAL SELF-COUNSELING... A CESSATION OF LISTENING TO THEMSELVES AND A CELEBRATION OF TALKING TO THEMSELVES AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO THEMSELVES SO THAT AT THE END OF THE SERVICE THEY LEAVE EDIFIED RATHER THAN UNHAPPY...NOW CEASE LISTENING TO YOURSELVES! CEASE LISTENING TO SIN, CEASE LISTENING TO CONDEMNATION, CEASE LISTENING TO LEGALISM. CEASE LISTENING AND INSTEAD SING, SING THE GOSPEL, SING GOSPEL-CENTERED DOCTRINE TO YOURSELVES AND TO GOD AND AS YOU SING TO THE SAVIOR YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED IN YOUR SOUL.

I also shared the lyrics to a song our son Dave wrote when he was in college, called "He Gets the Chair".

May you and I walk in, even run in this great gift freely given to us at great cost. "For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Son He loves, in Whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Col.1:13,14 We have been set free from our sins so that "we may serve the Living God!" (Hebrews 9:14)

Lots of love,

Barb"

Our verse for this week is...

#6 NO CONDEMNATION, FREEDOM!

ROMANS 8:1,2

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.