01.19.25 - The 4 G's of Grace: Gracious

Because God has lavished His grace upon us through His Son, our lives reflect that grace in how we live with one another. Today we look at how His grace moves us to live lives of forgiveness, patience, and kindness. We love because He first loved us, and He makes our forgiving others a requirement for receiving forgiveness ourselves, starting with “forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors.” Jesus tells a striking parable about forgiving one another in Matthew 18:21-35. 

We are moved by the Spirit to consider the depths of a person’s life, knowing that we are all dealing with more things than those around us know about, with the exception of the Holy Spirit, of course. We are empowered to live gracious lives by His presence within us and within the Body of Christ.

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