Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak

A few years ago, a famous pastor wrote a book that sold millions of copies around the world. God greatly used it. And people will never forget the first line of the book – “It’s not about us.”

We must realize that every beat of our heart, every breath that we take, every day that we live is a gift from heaven.

God has a way of ordering our circumstances to humble us. Yet, when God humbles us, it is a sign of his deep love.

Ancient idolatry consisted of bowing before lifeless idols. But modern idolatry is putting any created thing at the place where only God should be.

We are not to be devoted to pleasure or power or fame or possessions. We are to be devoted to one another and when we do this, we show the world our Savior who is devoted to us.

It all sounds so good – love one another as I have loved you. But there’s only one problem. People are not always easy to love.

God’s glory can be seen in each of us, but his glory is best seen when we are together – loving one another, honoring one another, serving one another, and worshipping God together.

My heart has been thrilled as I have heard stories of God’s amazing grace toward people. One of these stories is the story of a man and a woman that I came to know. Today, I want to share their stor…

From beginning to end, we see that God is a God of grace. From the creation to the consummation, God pours out His grace to weak, sinful people to the praise of His glory.

We acknowledge that all of life is by grace. We live, we draw every breath, and our hearts beat every moment by His gift to us.

Grace does not just forgive us and cleanse us. Grace heals us, strengthens us, changes us, and empowers us to give grace to others.

God’s grace gives us a right standing with Him and is one of the most powerful lessons we can learn. We will never deserve Him to do anything for us – yet He makes us worthy by the grace of Christ.

God gives grace to the humble! We should therefore seek to humble ourselves before Him continually because the more humble we are the more grace we get!

Do you approach God with timidity, wondering if he will receive you? Or do you approach him with confidence knowing that because of Christ his throne is now a throne of grace?

Grace is an important concept, but it is far more. Grace is indispensable for life and for growth. We cannot live, cannot grow, cannot help others, and cannot have eternal life without the grace of …

The proof of our faith in Jesus is not merely by our words, not merely by reciting, say, the Apostles Creed. The proof of our faith is shown by what we do.

We are not to be warehouses that store food. We are to be distribution centers that pass it on to others. God enriches us so that we can be generous and meet the needs of others.

If the Old Testament law urged people not to be tight-fisted but to share freely, what shall we do now that the Messiah has come and given his life generously for us in eternal debt to him?

Keep this in mind as you think about the grace of God. God loves to give his grace to you. It pleases him to give his grace to you because he is the God of all grace.

A smartly dressed woman with a big smile walked up to a homeless man and said, “Good Morning,” and that began a conversation and a meal that illustrates one of the greatest truths of God’s word – We …