tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37305950.post3108280674660441032..comments2023-05-14T08:30:59.970-05:00Comments on Growing in Grace Podcast: 400. Good News RemindersJoel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37305950.post-14219005095892333632013-07-03T07:38:15.075-05:002013-07-03T07:38:15.075-05:00Thanks for the nice comments. Tricia, your story ...Thanks for the nice comments. Tricia, your story is pretty much the case for just about everyone. We had it backwards by trying to perform to a standard that would allow God to accept us. Once we begin to understand the finished work of Christ and grow in our identity (who He has already re-created us to be because of His blood) we can approach the Lord with confidence. Love without condition helps us to realize that we are fully accepted. We've been brought into His family. We were rescued. Now we can rest in Him knowing we are freed from the penalty & bondage of sin and free to live in His righteousness instead of our own. Exciting stuff!Kapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37305950.post-55735798537214722522013-07-02T09:55:08.106-05:002013-07-02T09:55:08.106-05:00Thanks to both of you for taking your time and mon...Thanks to both of you for taking your time and money to do these podcasts. They have helped me more than words can express! See, I was raised with a religion that once you got rid of your sins, then God would love you and accept you so I tried and tried but it only got worse. I could believe God loved you because you didn't struggle with any sin, but because I couldn't stop sinning, it was proof that God didn't love me or accept me. I wanted to be loved and accepted unconditionally but I didn't know how and I thought I had to try to stop sinning to prove it or earn it. Hearing you guys talk about God's grace and unconditional love and listening to a few other different podcasts has helped me soooo much and I want to thank you!Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37305950.post-55473412855239347902013-07-01T17:00:11.806-05:002013-07-01T17:00:11.806-05:00Thanks for the congrats! And we're so glad abo...Thanks for the congrats! And we're so glad about your growth in your understanding of your identity in Christ. Our life in Him revolves around who we truly are in Him!Joel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37305950.post-55703276588820576882013-07-01T09:56:22.163-05:002013-07-01T09:56:22.163-05:00congratulations on 400 episodes! I've been li...congratulations on 400 episodes! I've been listening for over a year now, and I have been brought back to my grace roots. I've grown so much with a better and deeper understanding of grace and who I am now IN Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com