Grace Quotes - Page 77

I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. I'm telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God , and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.

The true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating crow.

Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will never come to the bottom of these depths.

The Bible makes it really clear that if I am not receptive to the grace of God I am headed toward wrath.

There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace.

Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.

As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin.

Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace.

We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.

Only a fulfilled heart can pray, because only a fulfilled heart can be grateful and can feel the grace descending.

Find godliness and good will come on its own accord. And when good comes on its own accord, it has a beauty, a grace, a simplicity, a humbleness.

I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. And as long as I had a part in the music of the spheres, even if it was only a single grace note, I was not worthless. Nor was I alone.

The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned.

Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ crucified and risen.

Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

We leave a stain, we leave a trail, we leave our imprint. Impurity, cruelty, abuse, error, excrement, semen - there’s no other way to be here. Nothing to do with disobedience. Nothing to do with grace or salvation or redemption. It’s in everyone. Indwelling. Inherent. Defining. The stain that is there before its mark.

My only saving grace is that I actually collect things that nobody else is interested in.

For me, Barack Obama represents grace, respect, betterment and community.

There is no disgrace in staying behind, not when it's the right thing.

It's very difficult once you've been on telly because people know what you do. They give you a little bit of grace but then they're harsher if you're not funny, so you have to be funny.

God’s grace will cover us like a cloak-enough to provide for survival but too thin to keep out all the cold.

May my living be grace to those behind me.

There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

You must set up measurement of results and celebrate small victories as you go along. I have observed that any creativity initiative gets about an eighteen-month grace period. If there aren't any tangible results in a year and a half, despite the strongest commitment, someone in the organization is going to start questioning the whole program.