Have we "recieved" His grace and mercy?

I have come to the knowledge that I am not the only person that struggles with receiving grace and forgiveness from my Lord. We hear and know that He sent His one and only Son to be the sacrifice for our sin and that His blood covers our sin. But do we REALLY believe it and receive it for ourselves? 

Do you sit and dwell on what sins you have in your past? 
Do you feel guilty for what you have done?
Do you wonder if God could really forgive you for that?
Do you worry about whether you are going to do it again?


We all have a sense of how we are never going to be like Jesus here on this earth. We all know that we are sinners saved by grace. But that grace is not only given one time. It is in your life everyday. God knows that we are going to slip up and make mistakes and sin. But that is why we have a relationship with Him so that we know that we can go to Him and ask for forgiveness and receive His love and mercy and let Him heal us.  


There also is a healthy thought of our past also that we need to keep in perspective. We need to keep in mind that those were things that we were tempted with and that Satan has a knowledge of that have some sort of ability to get us. So we have to guard ourselves from that. But we need to remain in a state of heart and mind knowing that we are forgiven and loved by the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.... He is the same yesterday today and forever. He will love us always because He is love and He can not deny Himself and if we have asked Him to come and live in our heart and life then we have Him in us also in our being because He created us in His image. WOW that is a God I am proud to serve and call PAPA. 


My prayer tonight is that every man and woman would come to know the grace and forgiveness that God has for them. That every person that sits in a pew or chair in a church would really know that they are forgiven and that God doesn't want to be reminded of what He already cast into the sea of forgetfulness.. He cast it as far as the east is from the west... It is a garment that you do not have to put on anymore.. It doesn't fit anymore.. Now he wants to put his garment of praise on and the robe of righteousness. Lord I pray that you make yourself known to those that haven't yet come to know who you are and the capability you have in their life. I also want to be used to spread that word of your love and forgiveness.. I pray that we learn to live like we are forgiven and that it would spread to others through our actions... Lord I thank you for your Son Jesus Christ and your forgiveness. Lord keep watch over us as we sleep tonight and let our spirits come and rest in you tonight and that when they return to us when we wake that we would be refreshed and be ready to do the work in us you have planned. AMEN...