grace
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Beholding Jesus in the New Year: Embracing the Beatitudes
Photo by Patricia McCarty Welcome to a new year, a fresh season brimming with hope, possibilities, and unknown adventures. Behold, behold, behold… this word has kept going over in my mind. For the past month, I have sensed Holy Spirit impress on me the truth of what you and I behold (look at), we become.…
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Pastor, How Do You Define Yourself?
Many years ago I connected with Ed Underwood (and I have referenced his resources before on this blog). He recently wrote this post… (which is addressed to pastors but is for ALL OF US in ministry….) Pastor, the Shocking Contrast Between Legalism and Grace. We can choose to define ourselves as pastors by what we’re…
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Brokenness Aside
Brokenness Aside Written by Leslie Jordan and David Leonard Performed by All Sons & Daughters (Lyrics below, scroll down for the audio…) Will your grace run out If I let you down ‘Cause all I know Is how to run ‘Cause I am a sinner If its not one thing its another Caught up in…
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A Kiss Instead of a Lecture (Grace)
“You’re worried about permissiveness – about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it’s okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God’s forgiveness… While you and I may be worried about seeming to give permission, Jesus apparently wasn’t.…
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Blazing Grace « Alan Fadling
“I am not fanning my own self-developed abilities into flame. I am fanning a gift into flame.” Read… Blazing Grace « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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Grace In a Graceless Culture
“We live in a graceless culture. A culture of competition in which we’re all trying to get ahead. A culture of insecurity in which we’re all trying to prove ourselves. A culture of spite in which we hold grudges, envy success, protect ourselves. In this culture our shared meals offer a moment of grace. A…
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Learning to Live Grace
“I don’t want to admit that I have many needs or deep needs. I’m slowly learning, though, that my needs are where I receive grace. Grace seeks places of brokenness, weakness and emptiness to touch, heal and fill.” – Alan Fadling Read… Learning to Live Grace « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Unhurried Journey.
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How Does Growth Truly Happen?
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” – 2 Peter 3:18 Growth always happens “in grace”. The truest measure of our growth is not our behavior, it’s our grasp of grace–a grasp which involves coming to deeper and deeper terms with the unconditionality of God’s love. It’s also…
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What Grace Does
What Grace Does The Law says, “You have not continued in all that I require of you, and therefore you are cursed.” And the gospel says, “Christ has redeemed you from the curse of the law, by being made a curse for you.” The Law says, “You are a sinner, and therefore you should be…
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Grace upon Grace
I’ve often wondered if the people in my life who lack grace for others, have any idea how much grace they have been given? Test this question: What if God’s only gift to you were his grace to save you. Would you be content? Read… Grace upon Grace