Grace? Can It Really Be?

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves,

 it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast. 

Ephesians 2:8-9 

 

Grace.  It's rather a little word that carries enormous meaning.  Charis is the Greek word for "grace" and it means: "the merciful kindness by which God."  Think about that!

 

We sing:

"Grace, grace, God's grace

Grace that will pardon and cleanse within
Grace, grace, God's grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin"

 

But what does that REALLY mean?

If you're like me, you have wasted years of life. You have made poor choices. Yet God answers the mess we've made of life with Grace!   God's Grace isn't a feeling. It isn't a vague concept. God's Grace changes us! It shapes us! It strengthens us! It will soften our hardest heart! God's Grace drenches us! God's Grace comes after us and takes us from insecure to God secure! 

 

God's great grace calls us to change and then gives us the strength and power to change!