shades of grace
Shades of Grace
always unmerited, never earned, given for different reasons:
photo – danielle bergen
Grace for redemption, before we knew we even needed it, He chose us.
Grace for forgiveness…
Grace lavished on us for His glory Ephesians 1:4-12
Grace for salvation & good works Ephesians 2:8-10
God’s overtures toward us are always undeserved. Yet he stoops and longs to involve us (after awakening us by grace) in the receiving and use of his grace.
Grace to the humble …opposed to the proud, grace to the humble… 1 Peter 5:5
Grace for instruction …teaches us to deny ungodliness, worldly passions, to live self-controlled in the present age. Titus 2:11, 12
Grace to empower us to live as His servants in difficulty.
(Don’t receive it in vain…) 2 Corinthians 6:1
Grace for growth …Don’t be carried away by error…but grow in grace
2 Peter 3:18
Grace for a purpose … to shun evil and walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4,19
Grace to steward … given to me for careful use
1 Peter 4:10
Grace to build up and strengthen
Acts 20:32; Hebrews 13:9
“Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning.” Dallas Willard
for pdf: ShadesofGrace
jscott 2022
https://www.soulfit.us/blog/
#spiritualgrowth #grace #discipleship #spiritualformation