Season 7, Episode 5, Running With His Grace

65, 7-5, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Today we will be reading and discussing poems about ,the beginnng of our rebirth as Christians, then living our lives to reach the goal, the quiet of our faith, and the grace of God.  2wo poems each from God’s Rhyme and God Still Rhymes.Discussion:WE WERE BORN IN BETHLEHEM  (GR, pg. 90)We are the children of the Father of Abraham, children dispersed to all the nations    We are the children of the Father of Moses who led his people from captivity   We are the children of the Father spoken of in the books of the Old Testament     We are the children of our fathers and mothers and generations that came before.We are God’s childrenBoth Gentile and JewThrough His death and resurrectionAnd the promise of God’s covenantWe are God’s childrenWe have been chosenWhether it is by His saving graceOr a promise to an ancient raceWe are God’s childrenHis face on this earthAs the ancient scriptures did foretellCovenants old and covenants newWe are God’s childrenAnd so we must livePraising Him with words ever so boldSinging songs and hymns both new and oldWe are the children of the Father of Abraham,children dispersed to all the nations    We are the children of the Father of Moses who led his people from captivity   We are the children of the Father spoken of in the books of the Old Testament    We are the children of our fathers andmothers and generations that came beforeDiscussion:RUNNING TOWARD THE GOAL (GR, pg. 129)“All I want is to know Christand to experience the power of His resurrection,to share in his sufferingand become like him in his deathin the hope that I myselfwill be raised from death to life.”     Phil. 3:10 GNThe race I could never win,no, not on my own.I stumble & fall, I sin.& many times the race seems too long.But for me, the race has been won.Following God’s heavenly course,Jesus, my Savior, His holy Son,has received all the glory.Knowing where my life endsI continue to strive & runthe course Jesus set before me,hoping that with Him I will become one.“May you always be joyfulin your union with the Lord.”     Phil. 4:4, GNI must look ahead, never behind,keep running by the power of His lovestraight toward the goal & prize – God’s call thru Jesus to life above.As Jesus has done before me to see,I must follow the courseHe so perfectly set before me,avoiding the obstacles of this human world.& when I do finally & joyfully arrive,He will take this weak & mortal body& like His it shall become alivein glory by the power of Him who has created all.“May you always be joyfulin your union with the Lord.I say it again, rejoice!”Discussion:HIS GRACE (GSR, pg, 127)“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith –and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God –not by