Grace: the free and unmerited favor of God, manifested in salvation and blessings.
Through this man we all receive gifts of grace beyond our imagination. You see, Moses gave us rules to live by, but Jesus the Anointed offered us gifts of grace and truth. John 1:16-17 The Voice
“In the New Testament, grace means God’s love in action toward people who merited the opposite of love.
Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves.
Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell
so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven.”
J.I. Packer, Knowing God
The grace we freely claim for ourselves we should also extend to others.
Wayne Stiles
Grant me the grace to dissolve my negative thoughts about myself today.
I breathe the grace of kindness into my heart.
And may the grace of healing flow abundantly to every one in need of help.
Caroline Myss
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned.
Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin.
Grace is power, not just pardon.
John Piper
The story of grace includes a broad range of characters – rich, poor, powerful, and powerless.
For all of them, it is God’s grace that tips the scale in their favor. In some ways these stories are our stories.
For like the individuals who populate the pages of Scripture, we, too, need grace.
But not just any grace. The grace of God.
Andy Stanley
