Quotes about Grace
Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
— John Newton
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
— John Newton
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.
— John Newton
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
— John Newton
You have liberty to cast all your cares upon him who cares for you. By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes his glory to pass before the soul that seeks him — you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort, than by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios.
— John Newton
How unspeakably wonderful to know that all our concerns are held in hands that bled for us.
— John Newton
Let us chide our cold unfeeling hearts and pray for a coal of fire from the heavenly altar to send us home in a flame of love to him who has thus loved us.
— John Newton
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
— John Ortberg
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— John Ortberg
The first stage of forgiveness is the decision not to try to inflict a reciprocal amount of pain on everyone who has caused hurt. When I forgive you, I give up the right to hurt you back.
— John Ortberg
God's great, holy joke about the messiah complex is this: Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from it—except one. And he was the Messiah.
— John Ortberg
Jesus has made God's presence scandalously available to anyone who wants it.
— John Ortberg