Sunday Message October 11, 2020 - Grace Life

 Hello Beautiful Family of God,

Today's message by Pastor laid the foundational understanding that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, therefore, we should be gracious with one another and others.

  

Enjoy!

Scripture References & Highlights

Message Scriptures:

• John 6:63
• no longer covering ourselves in fig leaves but free in the Spirit
• John 1:14-17
• grace and truth comes by Jesus Christ
  
  
  
• Psalm 51:5
• everyone born into this earth is born into sin
• Romans 3:9-19
• all are under the bondage of sin
• sin is the root cause of deceit, bitterness, murder
• 1 John 1:8-10
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• a gift from God and cannot be worked up by human striving
• 2 Cor. 12:7-10
• "my grace is sufficient in you" (the empowerment of grace exhibited)
• 1 Cor. 15:7-8,10
• God's grace has made me who I am; nothing I did of my own strength

Nuggets for the Week

• Sometimes things in our past hinders our flow of having our new life
• God wants us to free flow in being who I am in the Spirit (not practicing our life in the Spirit)
• Being able to be vulnerable with one another unless constrained by the Holy Spirit
• Whatever we experieced before Christ is the result of sin (not human behavior)
• the law was given to the children of Israel was to keep the Presence of God among them
• being gracious to others because of the understanding of sin in our own lives and the grace given to us by Christ (having compassion for one another and others)

Reflections

• What is grace? Charisma - a favor which one receives not of their own merit, gift of favor, 
• Who were we before Christ?
• Who are we after Christ?

 Key Takeaway for the Body 

• Grace - empowering force or extraordinary power to serve the church of Christ
• Grace is a Person, the attributes of a Person (Jesus)
• Grace came to us by way of salvation
• loving others by and through the grace of God (Christ Himself enables us)

Prayer Time

In your times of prayer this week (9am,12noon, and 6pm) we encourage you to include the following scriptures located below and in the article 7 Verses and 7 Prayers for your Pastor/

Isaiah 53:1-5 

Ephesians 6:11

Philippians 1:6

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