LaNora Means Ministries

The Holy Spirit within the life of an individual, (when the relationship of God’s presence is understood to be sound in moral and ethical character in one’s conduct) brings about a beautiful development of a healthy lifestyle. It is by this genuine and heartfelt reality that gives one a sense of well being that exceeds any other way of living that stems off of one’s self made efforts that ultimately lead to failure. For if one would try to measure up to all the standards that are required in the tradition of the stipulation, there would be further demands to work even harder to do all that would be needed to fix every wrong with what was lacking to make it right. This complicated continuance gives way to an even deeper disappointment. With all that was given in the law that the Old Testament speaks of, there was the love of God which would cover the debt of wrong which would expiate for the separation that sin caused. No sacrifice would be greater than what He had planned to do to restore the broken relationship that the nature of sin hindered. God would settle this account in a legal standing that would require the debt of sin to be paid through the blood of the greatest sacrifice that could ever be offered. This could only be done one time, and through His grace alone it was made possible. The numerous attempts of human ritualistic efforts never would be able to provide what was needed to answer sin’s dilemma. So with all the shed blood of every sacrifice, only One would make a difference. The One is Jesus Christ, Who “…came to seek and to save that which was lost.” (see Luke 19:10 AMP) The Son of man, (in His humanity without ever losing His Deity) did what was planned by the will of God, The Father, to carry out His will to restore the relationship with all mankind in the right standing that would enable those Who accept that grace to live in the promise of His blessings. So, “…according to the kind intention of His will,” (see Ephesians 1:5 NAS), He designated as by determining in advance by His love that we who accept by believing would obtain His favor and live in His mercy. With His favor upon our lives, we can be certain to know that He values us as His own children in all rights and accepts us in the abundance of His divine blessing. We then are not only declared right before Him; but also, we are changed by the power of His love making it possible by His transforming work of the Holy Spirit upon our lives to trust in His cleansing that gives our lives a distinction from a life of sin. Watch. “He Has Chosen Us! As His Own” LaNora G. Means