Posts Tagged ‘ Grace ’

VerseD: Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew‬ ‭6:14‬, ‭LSB‬

We are able to forgive because Christ first forgave us, so let us forgive others that they may come to know the grace of God and have hope for eternity.

VerseD: 1 Peter 4:10

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace

‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:10‬, ‭ESV‬

God has freed us from sin into love, and He gifts us with means to love one another in serving. We were made to serve each other.

VerseD: 1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

1 John‬ ‭4:18‬, ‭ESV‬

We are naturally under God’s wrath, but in Christ we are blessed with grace and freedom to love, knowing we are loved.

VerseD: 1 Corinthians 2:9

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”

‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2:9‬, ‭ESV‬

We do not understand God, the salvation He offers, the power He offers, or eternity. But when we believe in Christ’s work and grace, we get a taste when the Holy Spirit fills us.

VerseD: Titus 3:4-5

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit

Titus‬ ‭3:4‭-‬5‬, ‭ESV‬

God came to us to give us hope and life, not by anything we have done but by His power and grace. And He dwells in us to make us clean and clothed in His righteousness.

VerseD: Hebrews 4:16

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews‬ ‭4:16‬, ‭ESV‬

God came to us in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, and now He offers us to draw near and trust in Him as the only hope for eternal life and help in this life.

VerseD: Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Colossians‬ ‭4:6‬, ‭ESV‬

The Word indwells us as believers, so may we know Him well that we may be ready to graciously and compassionately answer those who ask about and challenge the gospel.

VerseD: Proverbs 11:25

Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs‬ ‭11:25‬, ‭ESV‬

When we share Christ’s love, grace, and forgiveness (the gospel), we will find ourselves overflowing with those same things by the Holy Spirit. Eventually, the world will be full of God’s glory!

VerseD: 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:3‬, ‭ESV‬

When we were still straying from God, He sent His Son to bring us mercy, grace, forgiveness, and restored relationship. The Holy Spirit brings us into the faith that saves us and unites us in the hope of Christ.

VerseD: 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:3‬, ‭ESV‬

When we were still straying from God, He sent His Son to bring us mercy, grace, forgiveness, and restored relationship. The Holy Spirit brings us into the faith that saves us and unites us in the hope of Christ.