Name: Counting Raindrops, Paperback/Robert Thornton
Brand: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc
Price: 115.99 RON
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There shall be showers of blessings. (Ezekiel 34:26) The goodness, kindness, and blessings of God did not "start" when we repented of our sins and came to Christ--because it was the goodness and mercy of God that "led us" to repentance. Romans 2:4 says that we did not know that it was the goodness and forbearance of God that leads us to repentance. This is due to the fact that before our conversion, our "spiritual birth," or our born-again experience, we were blind to spiritual things-even the benevolent intervention of God in our lives. Remember, Jesus said in St. John 3:3, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Before we received Christ and became born again, we were spiritually blind. Saint John 1:12-13 says, But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Therefore, after we are born again and are alive unto God, we are able to see and recognize all the goodness and mercy of God in our lives. When we look back over our lives with our new "spiritual perception," we see the goodness and forbearance of God that tenderly guided us to our salvation. Often the Holy Spirit will take us on a retrospective journey into our past and illuminate various times and situations that as born-again children, we are now able to see and identify as the gracious hand of our Heavenly Father at work in our l