Author: J. Ferrell Hargis Jr.
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Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9781549542091
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GRACE: a small, one syllable, five letter word. In the English language grace can be defined and spoken to bring about a variety of implications. Grace is commonly used as a title when addressing a duke, a duchess or an archbishop. Witnessing a well-mannered, light-footed, dignified lady effortlessly promenading across a ballroom floor could be characterized as grace.The thankfulness that we pray to God before each meal for His abundant provision is often referred to as grace. In music, playing the piano for instance, there is what is called a grace note, a note where the finger just grazes the key before the real note is played. A person promotes grace when they show kindness, courtesy or leniency to others.But there is one grace that is chief of all grace, the grace of the One True God. It is a grace with no boundaries, no requirements, totally unmerited, freely given, others-centered; a love-filled forgiveness that neither demands nor expects anything in return.As our earth's population grows and people and cultures meld together, the word grace seems to be fading from our vocabulary, and sadly, is a rarity to be witnessed in action. I don't believe any of us are born with grace as part of our DNA. We might be able to attain a certain level or degree of grace on our own efforts, but it generally develops into a "selective grace", we pick and choose the recipients of our grace. Overwhelmingly our natural tendency is to demand justice, to snub grace and to bring down the gavel with a sentence of harsh punishment and vengeance.Thankfully there is God's grace. First, thankful that His grace is not selective, He stands ready to shower it on all of us. Second, when we become followers of Jesus, God enables us through the power of the Holy Spirit to live out His grace in our daily lives. That is the only way we can ever genuinely, in a natural supernaturally way, respond to others with God's grace. And God gets the glory, since it's His grace that has saturated our whole being, thus equipping us with His grace.Grace in the Bible highlights scriptures from the Word of God that expresses genuine grace. That grace is then expounded upon to allow the Holy Spirit to encourage us, to exhort us, to give us hope, to humble us, to increase our faith, and best of all to reveal the truth about God's exceedingly abundant grace. Celebrate each day with a scripture of grace and be blessed!
