Quotes About Grace

There is no prison so secure that love cannot free you. There is no captor so strong that love cannot liberate you. There is no sin so terrible that love cannot restore you.

James 4:6: "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

I personally believe that when we receive Christ, every curse, no matter its origin, should automatically be broken over our lives. We have become a new creation and old things have passed away. We have been given a new heart and a new mind. We are of the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ.

When we live in anything less than righteousness, peace and joy, we are not experiencing everything that our Lord paid for.

Conviction reminds us of our God-given identity and calls us to act like a son or daughter of God, not a sinner.

God does not forgive excuses; He only forgives sins.

He adored me in spite of my blunders. He never made me feel like the rules were more important than our relationship. He often corrected me, but he refused to punish me.

True freedom only occurs when we break off the shackles of fear and embrace a culture of mercy and grace.

punishing people for their mistakes creates self-destructive ecosystems that invite demonic oppression.

To be a queen , do you have to rule a country or marry a king? Not necessarily---there are other ways to be considered royal today. For example, take Elizabeth Taylor or Jacqueline Onassis. Would you dare to call either of these grand dames less than regal?

Besides being notoriously literate, the princess was noted for her political acumen and great beauty.

Spirituality doesn't look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people in the family even though you've had a long day.

I've come to believe that our capacity to reach beyond ourselves—experiencing mystery or being present to others—is dependent on how fully we are planted in our bodies in all their flaws and their grace.

The mystery and art of living are as grand as the sweep of a lifetime and the lifetime of a species. And they are as close as beginning, quietly, to mine whatever grace and beauty, whatever healing and attentiveness, are possible in this moment and the next and the next one after that.

But our world is abundant with beauty and courage and grace. I'm aware of a growing aspiration to attend, with all the tools we have at hand, to the human change that makes social change possible. The digital world, though a new Wild West in many ways, is on some basic level simply another screen on which we project the excesses and possibilities of life in flesh and blood.

The sadness shouldn't cancel out what had been so bright and full and beautiful. Just because the cherry blossoms would fall didn't mean you should mourn them on the tree.

In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that she had lost. (Night Road, page 384)

after all, hospitality was a virtue, one of the highest in Mamma's esteem.

No one who truly understands grace will tell a person their sin is beyond it.

What was the point of praying every day and believing in forgiveness if you weren't willing to accept this?

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.

I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

She had counted on a lifetime to teach her children what they needed to know, but she didn't have the gift of grace and time. Still, she had given them what mattered: they were loved and they knew it. Everything else was decoration. Love remains.