Quotes About Grace

In Heaven's name, don't make this letter public, since, were you to do so, I fear my brethren of the Methodist Church might fear I had so far fallen from grace as to leave no hope of recovery.

Sometimes to touch us, God touches someone that's close to us. This is what opens our eyes to the fact there is a higher power than ourselves, whether we call it God or not.

The Word says God don't give us credit for lovin the folks we want to love anyway. No, He gives us credit for loving the unlovable. The perfect love of God don't come with no conditions...

I thank God today she found the courage in her heart to love me enough so that someday I could tell you that even a black ex-con from Angola that stabbed a man could maybe someday do some good in the world if he gets a chance.

a day so perfect that the earth itself seemed sorry to let it pass, so slowed down its roll into evening and let it linger.

The way one becomes a member of this universal body is to simply place faith in Christ (Acts 16:31; Ephesians 2:8-9).

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy. on Challenger disaster

Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories...

La verdadera nobleza es caminar toda tu vida con pasos atinados, con pasos que te salen del corazón; es que tus actos estén de acuerdo con tus ideas, aunque el precio sea alto. Y no imponer eses ideas a nadie y ser modesto y compasivo en tu grandeza.

Cuanto más se envejece, más se siente que saber gozar del presente es un don precioso, comparable a un estado de gracia.»

Crusty brown bread, butter, and a pot of pâté de foie gras; chicken Kiev, and the makings of a salad. Olive oil, fresh peaches, cheeses; a bottle of Scotch, a couple of bottles of wine. She bought flowers, an armful of daffodils

Moss," she went on softly. "When Christ died on the cross, two men hung on either side of him. Both were criminals, outlaws. He loved them both. And one of them asked Christ to forgive him, minutes before he died. And he was forgiven. If a person wishes to change his life, then God does not hold that person to blame for things in his past. Someone such as I has no right condemning another human being, when Christ does not condemn. I want very much to keep the case, Moss." She

Your worth depends on my blood that bought you, never on what you do.

I have, by God's grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God's mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.

MULTI SUNT VOCATI, PAUCI VERO ELECTI 'Many are called, but few are chosen

Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. Jesus

1 Corinthians 13 is nothing less than the nature of Jesus, and it is all gift to us, for His nature is ours, if He is ours.

Il ne saurait remplir des coupes impures. Tout ce qui provient du moi, si infime que cela soit, est péché :

a community of the forgiven is about love, accountability, and nurture of one's new life in Christ.

There's no jealousy in the grave.

Men who are accustomed to eat at tiny tables in howling gales have curiously neat and finished manners;

If you get simple beauty and naught else, You get about the best thing God invents.

When you have become God's in the measure He wants, He, Himself, will know how to bestow you on others.

It was splendid,' said Dame Perpetua in the Abbess's room. 'You made it splendid.' 'It wasn't I,' said Abbess Catherine. 'It is splendid. That is the blessing of the liturgy, it wipes out self.