One of the deepest things in all the world is the grace of
God, at least in my opinion. There may
be other aspects of your relationship with God that consume your thoughts. I love the sweetness of seeing God in nature
like in the roar and wind of the waves or the beauty of rolling mountains. Yet the grace of God makes my mind wonder
even more.
By defining or trying to define and understand real grace we
fall very short of what God did for us, how He loves us and desire He has for
us.
Take some time today to take in some thoughts about the grace
of God. His grace is free to those who
accept it. His grace has and will
continue to transform our lives.
“And God is able to make all grace
abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,
you will abound in every good work.” ― Anonymous,
Holy Bible: New
International Version (see 2 Corinthians 9:8)
“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate
clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's
chalking.” ― Frederick
Buechner, The Alphabet of
Grace
“Our worst days are never so bad that
you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you
are beyond the need of God's grace.” ― Jerry Bridges
“Grace doesn't depend on suffering to
exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and
colors.” ― Wm. Paul Young,
The Shack: Where
Tragedy Confronts Eternity
“When grace moves in... guilt moves
out” ― Max Lucado,
Max on Life:
Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions
“God is not an employer looking for
employees. He is an Eagle looking for
people who will take refuge under his wings.
He is looking for people who will leave father and mother and homeland
or anything else that may hold them back from a life of love under the wings of
Jesus.” ― John Piper,
A Sweet and
Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God
“Not being changed by prayer is sort of
like standing in the middle of a spring rain without getting wet. It's hard to stand in the center of God's
acceptance and love without getting it all over you.” ― Steve Brown,
Approaching God:
Accepting the Invitation to Stand in the Presence of God
“By judging others we blind ourselves
to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we
are.” ― Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, The Cost of
Discipleship
“Legalism says God will love us if we
change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.” ― Tullian
Tchividjian
“The only man who has the right to say
that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow
Christ.” ― Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
“Grace has to be the loveliest word in
the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to
find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace
acknowledges the ugliness of sin by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a
person as someone worthy of kindness despite whatever grime or hard-shell
casing keeps him or her separated from the rest of the world. Grace is a gift
of tender mercy when it makes the least sense.”
― Charles R.
Swindoll
The grace of God is something that I pray revolutionizes the
way we see and treat others because we acknowledge the way God sees, treats and
loves us.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
God saved you
by his grace when you believed.
And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a
reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
NOTE: many of these quotes came from this website http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/grace
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