The Bible teaches we are not only saved by grace, but we also live by grace every day of our lives. It is this important aspect of grace that seems to be so little understood or practiced by Christians.
– Jerry Bridges –
from Transforming Grace
Grace
Sweetness of God’s Mercy – William Secker
Until we taste the bitterness of our own misery we will never relish the sweetness of God’s mercy. Until we see how foul our sins have made us we will never pay our tribute of praise to Christ for washing us… If you would know the heart of your sin then you must know the sins of your heart!
– William Secker –
Our prayer is His delight – JC Ryle
There was an officer in the city of Rome who was appointed to have his doors always open, in order to receive any Roman citizen who applied to him for help. Just so the ear of the Lord Jesus is ever open to the cry of all who want mercy and grace. It is His office to help them. Their prayer is His delight. Think of this. Is not this encouragement?
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
Ultimate test of our spirituality – Martin Lloyd-Jones
The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
– Martin Lloyd-Jones –
True Grace – Randy Alcorn
Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God’s grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth.
– Randy Alcorn –
True Man of God – Mensa Otabil
A true man of God does not glorify himself; a true man of God glorifies Christ, because he knows it is only by grace, not by human wisdom that he is called by God.
– Mensa Otabil –
Know Jesus – John Newton
To know Jesus is the shortest description of true grace; to know him better is the surest mark of growth in grace; to know him perfectly is eternal life.
– John Newton –
State of Mind – Charles Finney
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
– Charles Finney –
Affliction brings sweet solace – Ichabod Spencer
Some of our sweetest solaces never could have been known but for the afflictions which bring them. What tender friendships gather around us when we are sick! What hearts beat for us and sympathize with us, and would, if they could, take themselves the pain that racks us! We should never know what tenderness and pity and kindness there is in the world, if our trials did not bring them out. Many of our calamities attach us more to our fellow-men, and make us think better of the world than we did before.
– Ichabod Spencer –