Plumb - The Overflow Devoনমুনা

EXHALE

As a pastor of mine once said, the Church does not exist for us…we, the Church, exist for it… to show the grace we’ve been given by Him to the broken, for all of us who are not ok, who have shortcomings and challenges and failings and addictions and sin to find refuge. As we come in, we find healing and hope in Jesus. We breathe it in and it changes us. But that is not the end of the story. We are to take that life, that hope, like oxygen, and breathe it in, then exhale it into the world around us.

How can you exhale that life and hope around you today? Are the words coming off your lips today salty with kindness and healthy or are they bitter with gossip and negative sarcasm? Is the smile on your face uplifting and hope-giving to those around you, or is it judging and off-putting?

EXHALE

It's okay
To not be okay
This is a safe place
This is a safe place

Don’t be afraid
Don’t be ashamed
There’s still hope here
There’s still hope

No matter what you’ve done
Or who you are
Everyone is welcome
In His arms

Just let go
Let His love wrap around you
And hold you close
Get lost in the surrender
Breathe it in, until your heart breaks
And exhale, exhale

Spirit come
Tear down the walls
That only you can
That only you can
Reconcile, this heart to yours
Right now God, right now

Oh God
We breathe in your grace
We breathe in your grace
And exhale
Oh God
We do not exist for us
But to share Your grace and love
And exhale