Thought For The Week With Sis Des

Ephesians 2:4-10(KJV) “4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Singing:-Grace, grace God’s grace, grace that is greater than our sin, ……..Marvellous grace…………….

There are so many sayings and Word on Grace, but do we understand God’s grace fully? I hope a good question, for yes we need to question our knowledge of understanding of God’s grace.
Grace get defined as (pocket Oxford) – attractiveness/ in elegance of proportion / divine favor of inspiring influence / state of receiving goodwill / favor/delay granted as favor /thanksgiving before and after meals.
If one breaks this up- Attractiveness – Grace is also describe as God’s character, and attractiveness is a character, we define / judge by our appearance. If your appearance is un-attractive people decide on whether we are liked or not, having God’s grace upon our life gives us the free pass of attractiveness through salvation. – This character is displayed by His gift to men - Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men.
Grace in elegance of portion – grace is given in portions of need, we need grace at different times at different levels, my believe - is God grand’s according to our needs, not our wants. Every day provides its own level of need in which our good God provides the needed grace.

Grace - divine favor of inspiring influence – Those on whom God bestows his blessing of destiny to life a God designed and purpose life by the Holy Spirit working in them in God’s good time. Through grace, God’s divine renewing and inspiring influence, “they that obey are freely justified by God.” Romans 3:24“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Gracestate of receiving goodwill / favorteach us that we have no power of our own to turn and position ourselves to believe and call upon God, nor to do good works pleasing and acceptable to God,unless the grace of God is install or given to us through Christ so you/we may have a good will, and that grace may continue to work within us to maintain that good will, we are without.“By the grace of God,”(a sentence so commonly used by anyone)- means - God’s favor.

Grace delay granted as favor – how many times have you experience the divine delay of God’s hand on your life, sometimes to the extent of total frustration. Why?, simply because we do not see the favor of delayed grace in it. God is gracious in making provision for the salvation of all men39 and in commanding its universal proclamation. He is also gracious in delaying judgment, thereby giving men ample time to repent (2 Peter 3:9). One might also imply that God is gracious in not revealing more than He does to those who reject Him, since greater knowledge brings greater judgment (Luke 12:47-48).

Grace – Thanksgiving before and after meals – such a small gesture, but yet so important. Giving grace before or after a meal just shows gratitude for the grace of having the favor of God to have a meal, for we know how many goes to bed without. So to show THANKFULNESS gives grace.

We have an adorable (very naughty / busy) little one age 3yrs, that starts his prayer with “GRACIOUS GOD”he is adamant that before he eats or you for that matter you should pray , and your prayer should stars with gracious God’s…, if not he performs, for his God is gracious, we laugh about it, but he must know something that we don’t. The innocence of a child…… God’s secret instuments….

Grace is also known as God’s unmerited favor /mercy. (John3:16) “For God so loved the world…….
Grace – in the NT – God’s love in action (2Cor5:21) OT- “I will have mercy on whom I love (Exodus 33:19)
Grace is entirely the work of God.
Also read : Rom 5 :1-2 / Gal 5 :4 & James 1:17
REMEMBER GOD’s GRACE IS SUFFICIENT - at all times for all situations. – BE BLESSED

Your friend in Christ -Desiree
Week 27 Nov – 03 Dec .11