2002/10/13

Grace more Abundant

What has God graced you to do? What can you speak graciously about?
Ask for grace in areas that you lack graciousness. God wants his children to become gracious people who can demonstrate the grace of God to a lost world. Grace in your home, grace in you business, grace in your relationships, grace in the midst of tribulation: I am what I am by the grace of God
I Corinthians 15:10

Acts 4:33
There was great grace upon the first Church in Jerusalem.
Grace in dictionary terms: attractive, charming, goodwill, favour, regenerating, inspiring influence
Grace: Gr. ?charis?, ?khane?- kindness, favour (well-flavoured), pleasant, to stoop in kindness towards someone

Opposite of Grace: Disgrace: to wilt like a flower in the sun, to fail or faint, fade away, dishonour, morally wicked, despise, esteem lightly, come to nought, wither like an old skinbag that collapses when it is empty, looses shape: when a skinbag is full it resembles the shape of a harp

We are freely justified by His grace
Romans 3:24
Where sin abounds grace much more abounds
Romans 5:20

Story of grace: Jesus took my sinful nature to the cross. If you see Jesus alone on the cross you see a poor martyr, but if you see yourself there with him He becomes your Saviour! He cancelled the certificate of debt against us and gave us His spirit as guarantee that our sins are forgiven. It is impossible to walk the straight and narrow way like a trapeze artiste; his blood is the net of grace that catches our falling souls.
Accept yourself as Christ accepts you. Forgive yourself as Christ forgives you. Stop criticizing yourself for Christ is not a critic. Stop condemning yourself for there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Stop basing your self-acceptance on your performance, start relying on grace. Now go and do likewise to others: accept your wife, your husband just as they are because Jesus died for them too.

Nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

Grace obviates any obligation to gain merit and favour through good works. Any mixture that adds human merit rules grace out completely.
Grace puts one in an entirely new dimension before God. Once we know our position in Christ it releases faith to draw on Grace.
God provides grace for salvation, safety, prosperity, ability and strength ? in spite of our imperfections and mistakes!

We do not need more knowledge: we need to know how to draw on the gift of Grace that already belongs to us! (Holy Spirit instructed me in February 1993) We need to know how to approach the throne of grace boldly so that we might obtain mercy to help us in the time of need.

Some considerations about grace:
All the faith heroes had to discover grace
By grace we are what we are
Grace is a renewing and inspiring influence
Grace gives a life a miraculous quality
Someone else obtained this grace for you: Jesus Christ
God?s grace is sufficient for you in every situation
God gives grace to the humble and resists the proud
We can grow in grace and peace
We speak and act with grace

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