Quotes About Grace

What happened yesterday can't be changed, but it can be forgiven. That's your miracle in the mess. The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you. That's your miracle in the mess.

am a Jesus girl who can step on the scale and see the numbers as an indication of how much my body weighs and not as an indication of my worth.

I forgive Art for betraying my trust. And whatever my feelings don't yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

In light of God's deep affection, we no longer have to live in fear of rejection. The

Choose to live loved while you're in the middle of the journey, and know that what He has in mind for you is so much more than you imagine.

Choosing a gentle reply doesn't mean you're weak; it actually means you possess a rare and godly strength.

I picture myself standing between two boxes. From one the stench is unbearably brutal, bellowing out dark wisps of death. And the other box is full of white lilies. Their angelic blooms are fully stretched and sending out perfume, sweet and pure. A box of bitterness. A box of grace.

Quoting God's Word in the present tense infuses our hearts with holy restraint and diffuses our reactions so we don't spew.

1 Samuel 25:25

With the fullness of God, we are free to let humans be humans—fickle and fragile and forgetful.

We are to be people of truth with grace-filled words. People who choose healing and helpful words. Because whether we realize it or not, believers and unbelievers alike are listening intently to the words we speak. They're reading the words we type. And our words testify to the kind of relationship we have with Jesus and the kind of effect He has on our hearts.

God says if we will direct our worship to Him, He will give us strength to turn from the mistakes of yesterday and provide portions for our needs of today.

Have you ever had a "worst mom ever" day? Take heart, so have we all. Take my friend's advice. Apologize to your children. Ask God for forgiveness. Get over it and stop letting Satan drag you down. Spend time with the Lord getting a new attitude, and He'll help you leave the dams to the beavers!

But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him.

Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Being full of God's love settles, empowers, and brings out the best of who we are.

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;

Los cambios imperfectos son pasos pequeños de progreso envueltos en gracia… un progreso imperfecto.

Grace doesn't give me a free pass to act out how I feel, with no regard to His commands. Rather, His grace gives me consolation in the moment, with a challenge to learn from this situation and become more mature in the future.

Philippians 4:7 holds a promise for us when we turn to God and allow His truth to fill us — our hearts are protected by peace: And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I want it to be evident that I'm a girl who spends time with Jesus and that He's working on me.

To love God is to cooperate with His grace.

You can't edit reality to try and force healing. You can't fake yourself into being okay with what happened. But you can decide that the one who hurt you doesn't get to decide what you do with your memories. Your life can be a graceful combination of beautiful and painful.

Even when people turned on Jesus, He didn't let a goodbye turn Him into someone He was never meant to be