1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Trust Isaiah 12:2“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be ...
Lord, help me to see that all the good I do is a gift of your grace. May I always praise you and live in humble acceptance of your gifts. Father, I want to know your love. Jesus, empty me of myself and work in me, through me, for the sake of the kingdom. Free me from ev...
“It is good for the heart to be established by grace” (Hebrews 13:9). Scripture on Sunday – James 3:2 May 1, 2022ScriptureJames and Paul,Speech,Spirituality,The tongue James 3:2 For we all stumble in manyways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man,...
Grace upon grace. It signifies the abundance of grace God appropriates to his children. So, no matter how sinful the tattoo bearer may think of himself, how he may have fallen farther from His grace, this assures him that he can still draw closer to God. It is one simplest yet most p...
Despite Romans 3:31 and other “obedience” verses we shall see, people continue to quote verses that would seem to say, we can pretty much ignore the 10 commandment law. Here are a few: We are not“….under the law, but under grace.” ...
“I am prepared, first because of the goodness and grace of God, who wants me to be saved (2 Peter 3:9). It all started when He brought conviction of sin upon me through the Holy Spirit and led me to confess and turn away from a life of sin. His death on the cross for my si...
“other scriptures”, and I Tim., v, 18, seems to quote Luke, x, 7, and to place it on a level with Deut., xxv, 4. But these arguments for the canonicity of the deuterocanonical books of theOld Testament, of the Pauline Epistles, and of the Gospel of St. Luke do not ...
"So let us come boldly to the very throne of God and stay there to receive his mercy and to find grace to help us in our times of need." Heb. 4:16
Acts of the Apostles says that Stephen was a man filled with grace and power, who worked great wonders among the people. Certain Jews, members of the Synagogue of Roman Freedmen, debated with Stephen, but proved no match for the wisdom and spirit with which he spoke. They persuaded others...
the grace of God. What is striking about this is that this gift is given without regard to the worth of the people who receive it. God doesn’t give discriminately to seemingly fitting recipients.He gives without regard to their social, gender, or ethnic worth. Nothing about them makes the...