“Let us approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we 
may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 ❤ (Verse on Bible Hub)

BY HIS GRACE

As I sat here, sipping my tea, I thought about God’s Grace and how many times He has generously extended it to me. Well, I was just overcome with awe.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word GRACE?

Elegance?
A prayer before or after a meal?
An attractive quality?
Favor or goodwill?
Moral strength?

Perhaps you know someone named Grace and she comes to mind when you hear the word grace.

The grace I’d like to share about today is the freely given, unmerited (undeserved) favor of GOD.

Here are just a few promises about God’s Grace:

(1) By His Grace we have a free gift …

“For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 (Passage on Bible Gateway)

(2) By His Grace we are justified (made guiltless) …

“We are justified freely by His grace through
the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
Romans 3:24 (Verse on Bible Hub)

(3) By His Grace we are accepted …

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 (Verse on Bible Hub)

I love the word ‘confidence’ in this verse.

Confidence is a word the Lord gave me to pursue. It means the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.

We all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:24) which means we all sin, but we can still approach God’s throne of grace with confidence and a firm trust to talk to Him about anything. This is because it’s by His grace that we have been saved. God won’t turn us away because of our mistakes.

I realize this can be hard to understand and accept. Maybe you were raised by parents, or another adult, who extended no grace at all to you. Maybe they didn’t give you the unconditional love you longed for.

But God did and He still does.

“I do not understand the mystery of grace- only that it meets
us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”
Ann Lamott

So many times I’ve said to God, “I don’t deserve to stand before you and talk to you.” One day when I was writing about this to a friend, it hit me and I saw the truth that I was writing.

I didn’t deserve His Grace and I certainly don’t deserve to approach His throne. BUT it’s not about me. It’s about Jesus and what HE did for me.

If I think I don’t deserve to stand before God because I’ve made a mistake (no matter how big or small it may be), I fall into the trap of assuming I can come before him on my own merit when I haven’t done anything wrong. I try to take the glory and grace from him and put it on myself as if I’ve earned it.

I ‘can’ come boldly and confidently into the Father’s presence because I am covered by the blood of His Son, Jesus.

That is the ONLY reason I can come with confidence before God. It has absolutely nothing to do with me!

I can never lose this grace and favor because I never earned it in the first place. God sees the righteousness of his Son when He looks at me.

I am ever so grateful that He always does because I fall short all the time.

When I repent, I can move forward without being weighed down by guilt and shame, both of which have already stolen enough from me in my lifetime.

Some times I have to call on His grace all day long. It seems so much harder to forgive ourselves than it is for God to forgive us, isn’t it?

“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace.
And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.”
Jerry Bridges

(4) By His Grace our sins are covered. We are forgiven.

“Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the
one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit there is no deceit.”
Psalm 32:1-2 (Passage on Bible Gateway)

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(5) By His Grace, He no longer counts our sins against us.

“God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that
in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21 (Verse on Bible Hub)

We find grace when we pursue the Father in personal time of prayer and devotion.

I love when Paul Tripp Ministries said, “If you want to get wet with the grace of God, stand under a fountain and trust that the Lord will send water.”

There are many verses on grace in the Word of God. I’d like to encourage you to search and personally ask God to give you a verse. His Word is His promise to you and you can stand boldly and confidently on it. His Word can be firmly trusted.

Grace is a gift and promise to anyone who has Jesus. It isn’t about the freedom to sin more. It’s about the freedom to not be weighed down by guilt and shame any longer.

Let go and let Jesus love you the way He always intended.

He loves you just the way you are. This day. This moment. This very second.

Maybe you haven’t experienced this wonderful gift of grace from God because you haven’t accepted Christ as your Savior. One of the most awesome things about God is that He is always there. He’s waiting patiently and with much love for you to do just that. He longs to have a relationship with you. 

Come pray with me …

“Father God, I confess that I am a sinner and the only way to have a relationship with You is through Jesus. I believe and accept that Jesus is the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and He died on the cross, and shed His blood for my sins. Therefore, He has conquered death by coming back to life so that I will not perish but have everlasting life. I ask Jesus to come into my heart and to be the Lord and Savior of my life. In Jesus name Amen.”

If you have genuinely repented and asked Jesus into your life, we believe you have been saved and your name is written in the Book of Life. Hallelujah!! Please let us know so we can continue to pray for you. Also, find a body of believers to fellowship with and spend time talking to God and reading the Word.

Maybe you’re on the other side of that and you’ve heard the word grace so often it has lost it’s importance to you. Ask the Holy Spirit to refresh His grace in your life. Ask Him to give you a verse on grace and then hold onto that promise. We are forgiven and free in Christ.

Let’s also remember to give grace to others.

“Here’s one way I can know that I’ve forgotten the gospel of grace:
When your sin bothers me more than my own.”
Tullian Tchividjian

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the grace You have given and shown me so many times. Thank You for giving your Son. Thank you, Jesus, for willingly giving Your life for us to wash away our sins.

God, I ask that You make Yourself and the truth of Your grace real to anyone who has accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior today. I ask that You breathe new life into the grace You have given to those of us who have unknowingly let it lose its importance in our lives. Remind us to give grace to others the way You have given it to us. I ask it in Jesus name, Amen.

Love,

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