There comes the time when "the old" gives way to "the new" and we buckle down and learn the seemingly impossible.  For me, this is the art of posting.

"But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."

Romans 5:8

One of the fundamental "truths" that I would share with you is our place in the Father's heart.  Sinners we were and we still sin while working to overcome our flesh and allowing the Spirit to direct us.  But it is imperative that we understand that once we belong to God through Christ we are NO LONGER sinners!  We are the beloved of God, His children, His heirs.

As long as we continue on this earth, we will struggle with sin and temptations.  Hopefully, our struggles will bring victories and our desire for God's heart will bring intimacy with the Father.  But He would not have us continue in the attitude of defeat or fatalist doctrines that KEEP us aligned with that which is not of God.  It is for this reason that The Lamb's Acres Ministries developed its Declaration of Faith:

In my salvation through Jesus Christ,

I am free from the law of sin and death.

I am an original creation of immeasurable worth;

Designed by my Father for His good pleasure!

He delights in me!

He accepts me without reservation;

I am totally loved and totally forgiven;

I am holy and blameless in His sight;

I am complete in Christ Jesus.

When my life reflects who I am in Christ,

I fulfill a unique position that is essential

To keeping the Body of Christ healthy;

I am an image of life in Christ to the world.

I no longer live for myself; I live for my Savior,

And I serve at the pleasure of my King.

Being born again is not remaining a wretched sinner!  It is transforming into a child of the living God!  Though we will fall short from time to time, our desire becomes God's own heart!  Amen.