Quotes About Grace

Frédéric Bazille, Young Woman with Peonies.

She believed that each humble thing, if done worthily, might be touched by grace. I hoped it might be so, for it would require an abundance of grace to clean me of my sin.

I say that we are woundWith mercy round and roundAs if with air.

Christ plays in ten thousand places, Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his To the Father through the features of men's faces.

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep and long-lasting. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.

When we were lying helpless on the floor, he saw us. When we were crying from breathing the toxic air of this world, he took pity on us. When we were helplessly wallowing about in the blood and water of our birth, crying out for food, for care, he saw us, nodded and reached toward us. When we could have been left to die, when we could have been sold as slaves, the Father said, "Mine!" He took us in his arms and claimed us.

How often I take for granted the astounding news that God loves me with a callous, "Yeah, yeah, he loves me, now what about God giving me what I want for myself right now?" I can fly right over the stunning surprise of this news. God created me and God loves me. Personally, individually, deeply, eternally, passionately.

May the Lord God bless you and keep you from the torment of fear and anxiety. May He cause His face to shine upon you with power, love and a sound mind and give you grace to cast out fear through perfect love. May He lift up His countenance upon you with freedom as you tell Him every detail of your need in earnest, thankful prayer, and give you the peace that surpasses all understanding, as He keeps your heart and mind safe through Jesus Christ.[4]

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup" (Psalm 16:5). What do you get when you come to the Supper, you compromised, double-hearted, double-minded, befouled cur? The triune God of grace himself is your portion. One drop would be beyond an eternity of deserving, but he pours in the unending wine of his presence. The cup overflows. The cup of salvation. Christ drank down the dregs of my sin and passed back the chalice filled with his precious blood, the wine of everlasting life.

For his redemption, man has nothing to contribute to God other than the readiness of unconditional surrender. The passive acceptance inherent in woman, which ancient philosophy regarded as purely negative, appears in the Christian order of grace as the positively decisive factor. The Marian dogma, reduced to a brief formula, denotes the doctrine of the cooperation of the creature in the work of redemption.

Gerechtigkeit ist nur in der Hölle, im Himmel ist Gnade, und auf Erden ist das Kreuz.

A door opened for you by God's hand, is too big for any man to slam on your face.

Day in and out. Season in and out. In any city and any country. God remains a great Father!

God is bigger than you think, and He can do better than you thought.

God is great! He is the source of abundant love, peace and power.

God is great! In times of pain, He gives power. In times of sickness, He provides healing and after a loss, He is able to restore what was lost.

God never stops doing wonders. He has done wonderful things, and He will keep on doing wonders.

God remains great, even when others refuse to recognize, know or seek after Him. He never stops loving, caring and protecting humanity.

No situation is beyond God's reach, because there is no place He cannot reach.

Only God can heal a wounded soul. He is able to repair what is deemed irreparable.

like a swan and its reflection on the surface of a lake.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.