Linking up today with Thought-Provoking Thursdays and Faith Filled Friday. Q4U: Do you have hard time believing that you are God’s beloved?īe blessed, my fellow pilgrim, as you joyfully continue your life as God’s beloved! We would hear Him call us His treasure, and we would come alive.” We would hear Him tell us that we are enough because He says so. Jason Gray shared in an interview about this song’s message “If only we could learn to run to Christ, the One who calls us His beloved, His bride, the child that He chose to welcome into His family. Whatever you’ve done, grace is always more! And God does not take his grace back forgiven really means forgiven. We can’t quite understand that God would really think us – sinners – as his beloveds. Sometimes we can believe that we are saved in our heads but not in our hearts. We do need reminders that it’s not about us but about Christ! We do need reminders that even though we fail, God does not. We do need reminders that we matter and to whom we belong. We need to learn as recovering sinners to lean on the power to not to sin. I’ve written often about this dilemma how to live as a saint and a sinner. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.” Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question? The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. This is a great song with some awesome lyrics. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. This is my breakdown/tutorial of 'Remind Me Who I Am' by Jason Gray. The song is based on Romans 7:17-25 (MSG): “But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. It’s about the struggle we face when we forget whose we are, what is our true identity, and that faith is not about self-help. This post was inspired by Jason Gray‘s fabulous song called “Remind Me Who I Am”. If you don’t yet know that you are God’s beloved or if you keep forgetting that you are God’s treasure, this message is especially for you. Whoever you have in mind, there’s something on this list to dedicate to the people who shaped you that’s worth singing out loud in the shower, in the car and all over town.įrom Ariana Grande to Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion to Ozuna, FKA Twigs, Backstreet Boys and DJ Khaled, these 20 songs will have you singing “thank you, thank you, thank you.” (And yes, that last bit is a hint about a certain song by Natalie Merchant.Do you have a positive identity?Do you know that you are beloved? One of life’s most amazing experiences is finding yourself in God. You can be grateful to a romantic partner who saw the best in you even when you didn’t believe in yourself a long-time friend who’s always had your back a family member who deserves a bit of praise and a reminder that they made you who you are or even an ex-lover or enemy whose tough words helped you become all the stronger for having survived them. There are so many people you can be thankful for. We should always take stock of all we have to appreciate every morning and every night, and if you need some musical motivation to get you in the grateful mood, we have some suggestions. Of course, that spirit of thankfulness shouldn’t come only once a year. We take note of our blessings and privileges - and make more happy memories to be grateful for in the future. Every year at the end of November, Americans gather around tables short and long with family and friends to enjoy a meal with those for which they are most thankful.
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