Quotes About Grace

You are born, you live and then you die. But when you forgive you are free to live again!

Through man's love and woman's love Moons and tides move Which fuse those islands, lying face to face. Mixing in naked passion, Those who naked new life fashion Are themselves reborn in naked grace.

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

Don't make the mistake of measuring God's love by the yardstick of your own life..." - Reverend Nathaniel Prior to Sam Purdy

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

It is so freeing to realize that we don't have anything to prove or to protect. We don't have to fix anything. God doesn't need any help. He did fine before we came along and will do fine long after we're gone. The great thing about being a Christian is that you can forgive, love, and encourage 'em all, and then let God sort it out.

Love in response to goodness isn't love, but reward. Fortunately for us, that's not God's way. Our relationship with God is not a matter of reward, but of love. And that's why we can enjoy such staggering freedom in his presence.

If you worship a God who is out to get you, you will never be free … free to cuss and spit, free to move to joyous acceptance, and free to get on with your life.

Perfectionism will make you sour, mean, and judgmental, and it will rob you of the freedom Jesus died to give you.

It is tough to be forgiven because when one has been forgiven, it is hard to look down one's arrogant nose at anybody else. I'm

In order to understand great grace, you have to understand your great need. In order to understand God's lack of anger, you have to understand how much you deserve the anger of a holy God. In order to understand great mercy, you have to know that you need it. As

But there is another reason for the reality of sin and evil on this side of God's love: it is only through sin that we see his grace and his love.

Based on the stories present here, I believe that the church needs to decide how long it is going to coddle legalism in its ranks. By legalism I mean people who preach grace but practice works. People who inflict guilt on others for being human, let alone sinful. People who say, "Well, we don't want to go overboard on this grace thing because people will take advantage of it.

God is our refuge and strength, He is well proved to be abundantly available in tight places.

Judging is not your job; it is God's job. God is the only one who can judge another person correctly. Your job is to pay mind to your own life and to your relationship with God.

There is no greater expression of love than the cross.

God will do exceedingly, abundantly above all that I ask or think. Because I honor Him, His blessings will chase me down and overtake me. I will be in the right place at the right time. People will go out of their way to be good to me. I am surrounded by God's favor. This is my declaration.

You have to create the space for God to fill."

To love others you must know how much you are loved.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." Take that thought

The finished aspect of the work of Jesus Christ is real. We don't finish it by our faith. We simply experience it through believing.

Focus on "the red letters" alone and you'll miss much of Him in the Bible. From beginning to end, it's all about Him!

There is a division in the Scriptures between the two covenants, but the one constant seamless message of the whole Bible is the grace of our Father revealed through the Son by the ministry of the Spirit.

The truth is, we in our own resources cannot forgive. However, since Christ is our life and lives in us, we realize that forgiving is what we as holy, righteous, and loving people do. It is our very nature to do so.