Quotes about Grace

God does not forgive you based on the quality of your confession or your resolve to be a better person. But you keep thinking otherwise. Your standard is what you would do to someone like yourself, and chances are that you would not let the incident pass quickly. God, however, forgives, for his own name's sake. I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more (Isa. 43:25).

Remember that in the Bible, "This is who God is and what he has done" always precedes "This is what you must do.

Jesus tells us to bring nothing so that he can be the One to give us everything. It is this true grace that brings glory to God. If you want something to do, here is one of the hardest—believe. Believe the gospel of grace and be thankful. The reason the world avoids any discussion of sin is that it knows very little of the astounding grace of God.

How does God move toward you?

If you know you have been forgiven, you will forgive and reconcile with others.

God may be subtle, but He isn't mean.

We cannot be unclean and expect the help of the Almighty.

When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.

There is nothing we've done that can't be wiped clean by Christ.

Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.