Posts Tagged ‘ Grace ’
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7, ESV
We like to think we can find our own way, but God has shown us that wisdom in this life and the path to eternal life is only found through faith in the work of Christ and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
And all we need do is seek Him and ask for His grace and forgiveness for having rejected Him.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8, ESV
On our own, everything we do is tainted by sin. But when we put our faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit cleanses us and empowers us by His grace to truly do good works for others and to the glory of the Father.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11, ESV
We don’t like to think we deserve to endure pain nor discipline, but our sin does lead to it. And God uses the events in our life to discipline us (grow and mature us) in Christ as His adopted sons (and daughters).
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8, ESV
We often feel like we should enact justice, but God moves in us to love others with His love. Sometimes this involves using us to bring justice, but we are reminded that He paid the price for justice and will return to fulfill all justice against wickedness.
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1, ESV
We thank God, our great King who has showered us with love, compassion, mercy, and grace. May we give Him all honor, especially in light of the cross.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
This world is cynical, untrusting, and faithless, but our God gives us His Holy Spirit to show and to help us live out everlasting love, mercy, grace, and faithfulness.
Send thine hand from above; Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalm 144:7, KJV
We gather as the Church to remind each other of God’s grace and faithfulness in the midst of a society that rages and wars against God.
as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18, ESV
We give thanks and all praise to our God who left His eternal home to take on a physical body for our forgiveness and redemption.
Let us trust in and proclaim the name of Christ.
“There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”
1 Samuel 2:2, ESV
May we praise our God, our foundation of life, love, and grace, the Only One we can and should trust, who alone saves us.
a simple man of God 