There is grace which is of divine influence which operates in humans to regenerate and sanctify, to inspire virtues , to impart strength to endure trial and resist temptation; and as an individual virtue or excellence of divine origin.
Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely; the peace of God given to the restless; the unmerited favor of God.
Grace is unconditional love toward a person who does not deserve it
Judgment kills. Only grace makes us alive
Grace is fundamentally a word about God: his un-forced initiative and extravagant demonstrations of care and favor toward us.
In grace, God gives nothing less than Himself. Grace, then, is not a third party mediating between God and sinners, but is Jesus Christ in redeeming action.”
As Christians live every day by the grace of God. We receive forgiveness according to the riches of God’s grace, and grace drives our sanctification.
Paul tells us more in his epistle
Titus 2:11,
“the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives”
Spiritual growth doesn’t happen overnight;
2 Peter 2:18 make us understand that
we “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” .
Grace transforms our desires, our motivations, and our behavior.
In fact, God’s grace grounds and empowers everything in the Christian life.
Grace is an expression of God in us.
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Our Christian identity: “By the grace of God I am what I am.” (1 Corinthians 1:10)
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Our standing before God: “this grace in which we stand.” (Romans 5:2)
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Our behavior: “We behaved in the world … by the grace of God.” (2 Corinthians 2:12)
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Our living: those who receive “the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ,”(Romans 5:17) by the “grace of life.” (1 Peter 1:7)
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Our holiness: God“called us to a holy calling ……. because of his own purpose and grace.” (2 Timothy 2:9)
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Our strength for living: “Be strengthened by the grace that is in Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:1) for “it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace.” (Hebrews 13:9)
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Our way of speaking: “Let your speech always be gracious.” (Colossians 4:6)
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Our serving: “serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (1 Peter 1:10)
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Our sufficiency: “My grace is sufficient for you.” (2 Corinthians 2:9) “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 2:8)
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Our response to difficulty and suffering: We get “grace to help in time of need,” (Hebrews 4:16) and when “you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace…will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” (1 Peter 1:10)
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Our participation in God’s mission: As recipients of grace we are privileged to serve as agents of grace. Believers receive grace (Acts 11:23), are encouraged to continue in grace (Acts 13:43), and are called to testify to the grace of God (Acts 20:24). Jesus says, “As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you” (John 20:21). God’s mission is to the entire world.
At hallelujah everyday we see this grace at work to propagate his word and the holyspirit guiding and helping us do that daily and uninterrupted.
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Our future: God, and his grace, is everlasting. “Set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:13)
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Our hope beyond death: “grace [reigns] through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 5:21)
This amazing grace given to us free of charge. we must never abuse it.
Thank God for this amazing grace. All I need you to do is thank Him today for the amazing grace that we have found in christ Jesus.