Tag: grace
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Gracious Words
Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious” Everything that God has said to us in His Word is meant to have a powerful effect on our lives. But for that effect to be realized, we must first listen, then understand, and finally obey what He has said. Jesus put it this way in the…
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Multiplied Grace and Peace
1 Peter 1:2 “May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” As you enter each day and interact with others, what is your mindset towards them? Is your thinking directed primarily toward them, or are you thinking more about yourself and how you look to them? There’s a vast difference. In Peter’s salutation to the…
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Gracious Restraint
2 Samuel 16:13 “So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.” Have you ever heard someone say or have you ever read somewhere that “God has a wonderful plan for your life”?…
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Freedom of Choice
James 2:12-13 “So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” I’ve heard some form of the following question many times over the course of my life: “Why would a loving God send anyone…
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The Marvelous Grace of God
2 Samuel 12:24-25 “Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.” Do you know the definition of the word “grace”? The…
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Our Forgiving God
2 Samuel 3:22-25 “Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, ‘Abner…
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The Heart of God
Exodus 34:6-7 “The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and fourth…
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Roots of Bitterness
Hebrews 12:15 “See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ‘root of bitterness’ springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled” Have you ever spoken with someone who at one time attended a church, but then something happened, and that was the end of it? Believe me,…
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Precious Hearts
Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” I remember so well the words of my…
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The Wonderful Throne of Grace
Hebrews 4:13-16 “And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. . . Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” One of…
To Encourage You 