“I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in January. To do that, I'm going to come up with four or five really good ideas - at least that I think are really good ideas - and if I don't sense God really highlighting one of those, I will go to the elders of our church and my co-pastors.” IfsThinkingIdeasNextChurchFiveGraceFourFiguresRight NowSeriesCome UpGood IdeasPastorSermonsEldersJanuaryWrappingHighlightingWrapping Up Author:Max Lucado
“My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.” IfsKnowsMadeWould BeWantedMotherChurchGraceRight NowSavingTake MeChoirSaving GraceChurch Choir Author:Tyler Perry
“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” LifeHappensMotivationalActionEarthBeliefWaitingGraceHonorRight NowCreatorMake It Happen Author:Bradley Whitford
“What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the politically cheap and manipulative. That admits affection and respect. That encourages them. That acknowledges that the small things that divide us are not worthy of the moment; that agrees that the things that can be done to ease the stresses we feel as a nation should be encouraged, while those that encourage our cohesion as a nation should be supported.” WayNeedsFeelsShouldKindLongDoneMomentsNationsViewsGraceRight NowStressAgreeCome UpAffectionWorthyEaseAcknowledgePatrioticDividesSmall ThingsCohesionBe EncouragedManipulativeNot WorthyDealing With It Author:Peggy Noonan