Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms...

I’ve heard it said that grace is God reaching God’s hands into the world. And the Bible tells us that we are part of the body of Christ, that if we let the Spirit move...

If a man were to sow a field, he could not excuse his neglect by saying that it would be useless to sow unless God caused the seed to grow. He would not be justified...

…While grace does do away with the need for good works, it’s grace which also makes good works truly possible. If good works don’t play into your salvation, then doing them is a sheer act...

I am a student of forgiveness and so far I am failing miserably the saving grace is that I will not quit.

The grace and mercy by which you are not arrested for not paying your daily oxygen bills, is the grace that is sufficient to take you through successfully. It’s the grace of our Lord Jesus...

Guilt addresses an external action while shame attacks the internal character!” EL

It takes grace to breakthrough to heaven while it takes faith to breakthrough on earth.

As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other – all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.

We have taught this generation how to “market” the Gospel but we have neglected to encourage them to “preach” the Gospel.

Love is a heart smile.

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.

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.

You have enough grace for each day task.

By loving people without cause, he discovered indubitable causes for loving them.” It would be hard to find a more succinct description of the chief work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart.

Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world.

The ‘Dance of Love’ is much more of a dialogue, one takes the lead and the other follows. One dictates a step and the other carries it out. One determines the direction, the other determines...

I saw her face then, and I recognized something of myself in her expression. Her eyes flicked over the shelves, seeking possibilities for escape.

She will always be the rainbow in my clouds.

I’m not thrilled. And I totally reserve the right to angst over all this later. But honestly, Mom? Right now, I’m so happy to see you that I wouldn’t care if you’re secretly a ninja...

Vaughn folded his arms. ‘The reason why you’ve lasted longer than most of your erstwhile colleagues is because you don’t do drama. I don’t like drama. I get enough drama at home. My wife could...

Because of total depravity, you and I were desperate for God’s grace before we were saved. Because of total depravity, you and I remain desperate for God’s grace even after we’re saved.

Though the gospel amnesty which grace proclaims makes no exceptions, for Divine grace has no limits, there are limits to the time within which the amnesty avails. And if sinners despise grace there is nothing...

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Properly understood, the doctrine of sin means that believers are never as good as our true worldview should make us. Similarly, the doctrine of grace means as messed up their false worldview should make them.

It may be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies.

We are going to make mistakes no matter what, so it’s better to be strong in faith despite our mistakes than weak in faith because of them.

To the degree that God gives us the grace to see Him, our lives and our ministries will become fruitful and effective.

His grace lifts us in spite of us…it moves our lives forward on the conveyor belt of promise, even as we cling to our nagging doubts and unbelief.

Will and Grace.

Grace doesn’t obsess with ourselves. It obsesses with people and with brokenness. This is a hard place to live, but God is bigger than hard places to live.

If you, free as you are of every weighthad stayed below, then that would be as strangeas living flame on earth remaining still.”And then she turned her gaze up toward the heavens.

Grace means that God steps into the lives of particular individuals with the purpose and effect of saving them. He needs no permission to do this, nor is He under any obligation to do so.

It was only by faith in Christ that they could secure pardon of sin and receive strength to obey God’s law. They must cease to rely upon their own efforts for salvation, they must trust...

Truly I am God’s Beauty, His Trophy, His Outstretched Arms…I am here for His Glory and Pleasure.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Grace can give life when serviced but can as well take life when its taken for granted

Grace is waiting for you. It’s always there. It’s always waiting. It doesn’t pokes holes into our lives. We are the ones who poke the holes and let the light in, let the magic in....

Grace is not just enough, it is more than enough. 2 Peter 1:2

Don’t have to see,” the pilot grunted. “Olga knows the way.””Funny name for an aircraft,” Grace commented. “Is it after your wife?””My gun.”Grace stared at him. “You named your plane after a gun?””It was a...

To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.

Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God.

Hope is the grace of endurance in the stormy days.

Lorcan nodded, “It’ss a beautiful night,” he said. “The stars have all come out for you, Darcy.” He turned to go, then had a fresh thought. “Oh and Tempest, a word to the wise…” Grace...

The world of light and starry grace;within your mind I live to trace.Your thought’s speed in thunder’s glory,lightening my being with dream’s story.I embrace the tree carrying your nameYour unspoken wish : the heart of...

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: ‘grace.

West couldn’t simply leave the man like this, he didn’t have it in him.”Goodman Heath,” he said as he approached, and the peasant looked up at him, surprised. He fumbled for his hat and made...

When life tries to define you with its hardship, you gotta push back, look it straight in the eye and say, ‘No matter what life throws at me, I’m going to keep telling myself that...

A pastor struggled for years with sexual addiction, eventually becoming so despondent that hospitalized himself. He joined an inpatient group and was mostly silent as others shared.When he decided not to come one day, the...