We Are God's Masterpiece

 We Are God's Masterpiece, God's workmanship, God's handiwork, God's creatures ,we are God's new creation in Christ Jesus. We were born spiritually dead in our sins. In God's eyes, we were a rotting corpse, the putrefying remains of a fallen creation with no beauty that God should desire us; with no hope, help, comfort, or peace in the world.
 But being so rich in mercy, in His gracious loving-kindness, God loved us. Even though we were in the pitiable state of death because of our sins, He gave us life in Christ. Our present condition is irredeemable, a fallen creature can never change, but when He raised Christ from the dead, God exchanged our old life in Adam for our new life in Christ. When HE died, WE died, and when Christ was risen, we too were raised from our state of death into newness of life.
 We must never forget that it is only by God's grace that we have been saved. It is only by God's grace that we have salvation, and we access that salvation through faith. By grace we are saved, through faith and not of ourselves, lest we boast,  salvation is a gift of God's grace.
 But we have not been raised to newness of life for no purpose. We are God's masterpiece, made in Christ Jesus in order that we may be able to perform the good acts and good works, which God prepared for us to do before we were even born.
How awesome it is that we truly are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, we praise Your wonderful name that we are Your handiwork. Thank You that we were not saved by good works, but by grace through faith in Jesus. But thank You that we are saved unto good works, and so we pray our lives would be lived to serve You wholeheartedly in the works You have prepared for us to do, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.