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Grace
With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and MUCH GRACE was with them all (Act 4:33). From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been COMMITTED TO THE GRACE OF GOD for the work they had now completed (Acts 14:26). Why was the grace of God so important in the experience of the early Christians? Why did the church in Antioch pray that the GRACE of God would be upon Paul and Barnabas, and later on Paul and Silas, as they set out on their missionary journeys?
For it is by grace [God's unmerited favour] you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast (Eph 2:8,9).
....In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace [enabling power], which he has freely given us in the one he loves (Eph 1:4-6). Read also the whole chapter, which describes all that we have received by grace (by His enabling power). In salvation, not only is God's unmerited favor expressed (that we receive forgiveness and restored relationship with Him even though we don't) deserve it), but so also is God's enabling power for it is only by HIS power that we can be transformed. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Cor 5:17). This principle of grace continues throughout our walk with God. In every area of our Christian lives, it is God's grace that causes us to grow and be strong God's enabling power given to us without any merit on our part.
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...grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ... (2 Pet 3:18).
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2. God Is Able
And God is able to make ALL grace ABOUND to you, so that in ALL things at ALL times, having ALL that you need you will ABOUND in EVERY good work (2 Cor 9:8).
MY COMMITMENT
Today I decide to receive God's grace His enabling power into every area and problem that arises in my life, and teach others to do the same also