Church is not where you go after you’ve cleaned up your act. It’s where you go to HELP clean up your act. Church is where you go to receive the Grace you can’t find anywhere else in this crazy world.

GRACE: Grace is when you finally realize you do not have to have a “Plan B”. If something you have been praying for does not come to pass fast enough so you make a Plan B we are then giving God an ultimatum – either He does it our way or “we” will have to do it ourselves. Grace comes when you get out of the way of God doing God’s work and understand His plan for our lives is far greater than ours.

We become what the most important person in our life thinks we are. Let God become that person. Then you will understand we have a God who loves us so much he just can’t give us up. Once you realize _________(your name here) is the one God loves, you will never recover from the overflow of God’s grace…..Praise the Lord!

GRACE isn’t just about all of the acts of kindness – those are the side effects of God’s Grace. When we truly understand Grace, we understand it came at a very high price…..WE just didn’t pay for it. Jesus and only Jesus paid that price – not Allah, not Buddha, nor anyone else. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus!

Never get too busy in the work of God to worship God. The Lord never called us to be successful but He called us to be faithful. I don’t care if you have been a Christian for 60 years or 6 months, we’re still behind on our worship. Let’s go get our praise on people! Glory-Glory!

Some Christians love the principals more than the Prince. Don’t get so caught up in trying to “perfect” your religion. God’s grace is given to us in spite of our imperfections. He doesn’t expect us to be perfect but he does expect us to be available. Available to learn, receive, preach and declare His Word. Our personal relationship with God is what fans the fire inside each of us. Thank you Lord for your Word which is given to each us to fan that fire inside, understand your grace and declare your glory.

Any successes we have are due to the grace of God. Success comes in many forms, not just finances and material. We should strive to succeed more spiritually than we do physically and financially and God’s grace comes pouring down in ways you would never imagine. “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you” Matthew 6:33

God’s grace is found every morning when we open our eyes and every night when we lay down. His grace is the life we have because of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Philippians 2:10 “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow” . Most of all God’s grace is the ability to worship and praise Him while we are on this earth for every knee WILL bow down…it’s just a matter of when.

Once we realize God’s grace in our lives we become an army of God. We become obedient and submissive to His word – not because we “have” to become submissive but we “want” to praise him for all of his grace and mercy in our lives. Once you find your battalion and start moving in the will of God and start listening to His Holy Spirit instead of your flesh or the circumstances around you the enemy cannot stand against you. When you feel like God is not hearing your prayers, you wait and do not move. He hears every prayer of His children. 2 Kings 20:5 “I have heard thy prayers, I have seen thy tears…” So often we get scared and jump out in front of God and try to do His work for Him. God doesn’t need help. Just stay out of the way and let God be God. Praise God for his grace while we wait!

Depression, fear and worry are all satan’s suggestions in our mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;”. When we don’t know those test results or how we are going to pay that bill, God’s grace is potent enough to turn that weakness into our miracle. Then it becomes our testimony. Once we get that bulldog grip on the Lord, that “little bit” of faith we started with becomes the rock we stand on. Everytime that fear tries to rise up, it is the enemy trying to get in the way of your miracle – we are the only ones who can stop him through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the devil’s job to suggest/offer and ours to refuse.