Not our works....

I kneel in awe this morning at the foot of the cross and in tears thank my Lord and Savior for his provisions. For his works. He is in control.  His hands are leading us in all that we do. He has a great work in St Pete and we get to help him with this and he is taking care of us and I am in awe......

  Earlier this week we broke down on the side of the road in Greensboro, NC in our New Car !!! (well it's not brand new, but newer)
We found out it was the transmission and the cost would be about 2800 dollars to fix it.  I made some phone calls to Buick customer service and the dealership and we had to rent a car to get home, but God orchestrated it all and the results are better than we anticipated, and I give all the glory to God !!

    I was reading in the wonderful book of the Bible and stumbled across this verse. I really love the verse before it," God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind...". I love that verse and I read on down below it and was blown away even more as the verse is so fitting for ministry work. I feel closer to Paul as we have been going through the book of Acts and as he started churches and did ministry work the verses become real and applicable to us. Not just now in our new venture but in everyday life.
This particular scripture is written by Paul too and its great:

Who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.(2Tim 1:9-10)

But I really like he called us----All Christians, he called you, he called me, he called the great preachers, but he called the lay-member as well, he called us with a HOLY calling to him.

Not according to our works----there is nothing WE can do, it is all Christ !!
According to his own purpose !!!!

We are not going on mission and ministry for our selves... but for him, not through our own works, but through him, his hands, his strength, and his will.

GOOD IS GOOD!!!
He is on the throne and he is mighty !!