Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God

When you see an exclusive offer it is an offer that is not available anywhere else. But when we see offers in shops we can normally hunt around and find someone who is going to offer us something better or close to it.

When it comes to getting to heaven, the offer is most definitely totally exclusive because nobody else can ever get us to heaven. God’s gift to us is that we can get to heaven because it is His personal invitation to us.

Is there a catch? Not a catch, but a requirement. We must trust Him that He will deliver on His promise.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

One thing that I learned last year was that the best gifts don’t necessarily come from the places or people you expect. The best gifts are those that come from the heart, from someone who loves you without reserve.

God’s love for us is without question, without limit and without conditions; so we can expect Him to be able to give us things that we can only dream of – and He does. The gifts He gives us go far beyond earthly riches or wants because He supplies our needs.

God has always been this way and will always be this way because His love never changes.

Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Have you ever wondered why you get into trouble when you just go with your heart? If we base our life on emotional responses we are going to get into all sorts of trouble because our emotions do tend to fill up and spill out a lot quicker than wisdom.

God wants us to be able to enjoy life so He has given us the gift of emotions, and they are important. But He has also given us the ability to stop and think and then to say what is right rather than saying the emotional response we want to say.

Don’t just say something because you feel like it – you may end up saying something you don’t want to say. Be patient and wait for God to sort out your tongue…