I will be mentally unpacking revival teachings for quite some time so this is one of many blogs to come featuring the incredible truths taught during the last week.
The theme for the last evening of the conference was God's Sustaining Grace. This is a topic that has long been a favorite of mine. I love that God uses our weaknesses to reveal His power and that He is waiting for us to cry out to Him. Given the sheer volume of my weaknesses, you can see why I like to dwell on this particular attribute of our Heavenly Father.
One story the conference pastor told was about GINY. GINY is not a person but rather an attitude and an acrostic. GINY = God I Need You. The pastor went on to tell a story of a lady at one of the conferences who returned after this message and gave an account of how she had cried out "GINY!" to God continually that day until finally, much to her surprise, God answered her. He said, "GINY back at ya!" The pastor gave an inquisitive look to which the lady replied, "He said, 'Grace Is Now Yours.'"
I love that story and was immediately enthralled with this clever reminder of the kind of believers we are called to be. After the service, I purchased a red, GINY bracelet to serve as a constant reminder that I need my Savior and when I call on Him, He is faithful to answer. In fact, I have been doing that very thing ever since that night and much like the lady from the story, I believe God has answered me. Often in my life I think the Lord talks to me through what others would consider coincidences but as one writer put it, I know them to be GODincidences! I don't think it's just coincidence that the next morning as I was jogging and crying out to God, "GINY" that I had the best run I've had in a long time. I also don't believe it was coincidence that as I sat through my weekly teacher devotional, the topic was God's Grace. In fact, let me close with the devotional piece that our superintendent read that morning and you be the judge. Read the verse and thought below and then tell me that wasn't God answering me with "Grace Is Now Yours"!
The theme for the last evening of the conference was God's Sustaining Grace. This is a topic that has long been a favorite of mine. I love that God uses our weaknesses to reveal His power and that He is waiting for us to cry out to Him. Given the sheer volume of my weaknesses, you can see why I like to dwell on this particular attribute of our Heavenly Father.
One story the conference pastor told was about GINY. GINY is not a person but rather an attitude and an acrostic. GINY = God I Need You. The pastor went on to tell a story of a lady at one of the conferences who returned after this message and gave an account of how she had cried out "GINY!" to God continually that day until finally, much to her surprise, God answered her. He said, "GINY back at ya!" The pastor gave an inquisitive look to which the lady replied, "He said, 'Grace Is Now Yours.'"
I love that story and was immediately enthralled with this clever reminder of the kind of believers we are called to be. After the service, I purchased a red, GINY bracelet to serve as a constant reminder that I need my Savior and when I call on Him, He is faithful to answer. In fact, I have been doing that very thing ever since that night and much like the lady from the story, I believe God has answered me. Often in my life I think the Lord talks to me through what others would consider coincidences but as one writer put it, I know them to be GODincidences! I don't think it's just coincidence that the next morning as I was jogging and crying out to God, "GINY" that I had the best run I've had in a long time. I also don't believe it was coincidence that as I sat through my weekly teacher devotional, the topic was God's Grace. In fact, let me close with the devotional piece that our superintendent read that morning and you be the judge. Read the verse and thought below and then tell me that wasn't God answering me with "Grace Is Now Yours"!
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 - "And He has said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly therefore, I will rather boast about my weakesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me."
- We will never cease to need our Father - His wisdom, direction, help and support. We will never outgrow Him. We will always need His grace. And His grace will never fail. It is not a well that will run dry, but it is an ocean whose depths you can never plumb.
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