Quotes about Grace

Only powerful, rescuing grace can take you from "Let me do what I want to do" to "Guard me against the temptation to do what you know is best for me not to do.

It is humbling, but it is important to remember that it is only ever the sin inside us that hooks us to the sin outside of us. So what we need most is not a change of location or relationship, but a fundamental rescue of heart, and that is exactly what God's grace in the person of the Holy Spirit provides for us.

Here's what you need to understand: your faith is not your hope; his zealous grace is the only source of hope for fickle-faith sinners.

You obey not to get God's attention, but because you have been the object of his attention since before the world began.

Since your standing with God is based not on your righteousness but on Christ's, in moments of failure, you can run to him and not from him.

The purpose of God's grace is not to make your little kingdom of one work better.

The purpose of God's grace is to free you from your slavery to you so that you can live for a much, much better kingdom:

Sin is not just a matter of bad behavior. It is a condition of the heart. That's why you cannot free yourself from it.

When amazing realities of the gospel quit commanding your attention, your awe, and your worship, other things in your life will capture your attention instead. When you quit celebrating grace, you begin to forget how much you need grace, and when you forget how much you need grace, you quit seeking the rescue and strength that only grace can give. This means you begin to see yourself as more righteous, strong, and wise than you actually are, and in so doing, you set yourself up for trouble.

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God, and for that we all need forgiving, rescuing, and transforming grace.

Since God is the Author of every detail of your story, since he writes into your story every situation, location, and relationship, then he knows exactly what you're facing and precisely what grace you need to face it in the way he has planned.

This season, in the midst of all the celebrations and gift-giving, be careful to remember that at the center of what we celebrate is one game-changing, life-altering, hope-giving reality: grace is a person, and his name is Jesus.