Grace Is Pardon — and Power!

God is pursuing with omnipotent delight a worldwide purpose of gathering a people for his name from every tribe and language and nation. 

This is the essence of what it means to love God: to be satisfied in him — not just his gifts, but God himself, as the glorious person that he is. 

To get a clearer picture of God, we need to understand His unearned, undeserved favor toward us. His grace goes far beyond simply forgiving our sins; it is His way of dealing with those who receive Christ. Grace provides assurance, stability, and direction in the lives of believe ...  Show more

Today we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness, by looking at the incredible gift of forgiveness we’ve been offered in Jesus. Every command God has given us, he has already supplied the grace to live in obedience to. Forgiveness is no different. May we find the grace to forg ...  Show more

God is calling us to not only receive His grace, but to release it. Lauren Hasson invites us into freedom as we activate grace through complete surrender. 

In today’s First15, we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness by looking at the idea of separating out our forgiveness of the person from their actions. It’s often our failure to do this separation that keeps us from engaging in the lifegiving command to forgive. But God has ...  Show more