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Recognition that what Christ suffered for our sins was far beyond any physical suffering should increase our gratitude to Him. The deeper our understanding, the greater will be our appreciation for what Christ suffered in our place. May the Lord awaken in our hearts an overflowing river of praise and gratitude so that we continually express our love to the Father for giving His Son, and to Christ for enduring the punishment that we deserved for our sins.

Amen! Every day I thank God for His grace and love and saving my soul. In church, when I participate with fellow believers in the commemoration of Christ's death, burial and resurrection by taking the broken bread - to signify His broken body - and the cup of grape juice - to signify His shed blood - and contemplate the sacrifice He made so that my sin debt could be PAID IN FULL. I do this in remembrance of Him as he told us to. It brings back to our memory just what He was willing to do to redeem us and make atonement - at-ONE-ment - because of His great love for us.

May we always be in mind of His love and live holy lives out of gratitude for what He has done for us. For it is by grace we are saved through faith and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.