A condition for receiving and experiencing His grace fully is our complete surrender to Him. Your thoughts, actions and feelings will have to make way for His Spirit. When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, His grace will manifest itself in various ways as an invigorating shower in our lives! In this way, the Spirit teaches us to leave behind sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control Galatians Consider for example the life of Paul. God had allowed a certain torment a stinging thorn in the flesh to ensure that he did not become proud. When we are weak and rely on the Lord, His grace will overflow in us. We can only do this by leaving behind our own selfish and sinful desires.
Therefore, we need to live according to a new rule of life: by the Spirit of God, Who wants to dwell in us and teach us love, peace, humility and kindness.
And by that same faith, we have gained access into the " grace in which we now stand. We come into his presence because of his grace. And we continue to stand in his presence because of his grace. And on into eternity. Equipped with Spiritual Giftedness. In 1 Peter , we find Peter telling his readers to be faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms, using our gifts to serve one another.
God's grace is reflected in our lives through his equipping of believers to serve within the body of Christ; our spiritual gifts. Our gifts vary from person to person and potentially over time. But as both Peter and Paul affirm, God equips us for the good of the body. Our spiritual gifts are a reflection of God's grace to the overall body of Christ.
God is working within us to grow the body and help it to function at its best. Growing Strong in the Grace of God. In contrast, grace, for the believer, is in Christ. Grace does not come just to a lucky few. But is available to all who are in Christ. When I am in Christ, God's grace surrounds me. But just because it surrounds me does not mean that I either experience or enjoy it as much as I should. Be strong in God's grace. It requires exercise to be strong.
You have to work at it. Recognize that God is for you. That he wants what is best for you. Trust him. Believe that he has your long term best interest in mind. Let go of self, of doing things your way, and of depending on your own resources. As you do, depending on God instead, you will grow stronger in his grace.
There is no aspect of God's dealing with his creation that does not involve his grace. A gracious God cannot fail to demonstrate grace in all he does. That I exist is through his grace. That the sun shines and the rain falls is due to his grace. My salvation, my standing with God, and my eternal future with him. It is all because of His grace. Even God's justice and the eternal punishment of unbelievers reflect his grace.
God gives every opportunity for repentance. But, in his grace, he does not force himself on anyone. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products.
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