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Grace is the one word this entire site is built on: the unearned favor of God that meets us before we've cleaned ourselves up. These messages explore what it means to live like grace is real on Monday, not just on Sunday.

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208 devotionals in Grace

justification

September 25, 2023

Living in Grace: Peace Through Justification

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that s...

friendship

August 9, 2023

When You Don't Know What to Say

Have you ever had a friend share bad news or their struggles with you and you don’t know what to say? Me too…“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”Job 6:14 In the Bible we are told that during Job’s time of grieving, his three friends came to mourn with him a...

prayer

August 7, 2023

Standing Tall on Our Knees in Prayer

“Nobody stands as tall as a Christian on his knees”I love this anonymous quote. It reminds me to spend time on my knees and thank the Lord for all his blessings and forgiveness. I need it. And because I need it (forgiveness), and because he gave it, I am filled with His grace. God has me covered...

gods-grace

July 21, 2023

His Grace is Sufficient

In 2 Corinthians 12:9 God says, “my grace is sufficient for you”. I feel like this is a message for us to the answers we seek. What I mean is we pray for God to remove certain things from our lives and sometimes it feels like He’s not answering. But what if He has already answered us with a hidde...

grace

July 17, 2023

Grace Precedes Peace: God's Riches at Christ's Expense

So I talk about finding peace and serenity a lot. I sign off with “Grace wins” everyday. So I thought we’d talk about the Grace. Grace is, as the acronym states, God’s riches at Christ’s expense. Grace is what opens the door to salvation. And just as grace precedes salvation, grace also always pr...

shame

July 11, 2023

Stop Hiding: God Sees Through Shame to Grace

So talking about the hiding from our emotions and the “I’m fine” lie, what about when we have wronged God and ourselves? You know what I’m talking about, we’ve failed or been disobedient to God so we hide from him…like he can’t see us. I’ve slid out of sight before because I was ashamed of myself...

forgiveness

July 3, 2023

Living a Lifestyle of Forgiveness and Peace

Today you may have a specific person in mind that you need to forgive. Some of us have had very painful things happen to us, even a long time ago, that need to be forgiven. Forgiveness is truly freedom for our hearts, and peace for our soul. But aside from being able to forgive and put major issu...

compassion

June 30, 2023

Choosing Compassion When We've Had Enough

You ever just lose it for a moment when you’ve “had enough”? I do sometimes and the worst part is, we usually take it out on the ones we love the most. Thankfully, I am quick to realize when I’ve lost it and I’ve learn to ask for forgiveness. I’m not sure what causes us to lose our compassion oth...

spiritual-discipline

June 27, 2023

Strength Through Weakness: Serving from Gratitude

There are no shortcuts to fully living for Christ. This is a battle. To return to Proverbs, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” Prayer, worship, meditation, Scripture memory, are all part of nurturing the inner life of our hearts.More than anything else, we must r...

judging-others

June 7, 2023

The Plank in Your Own Eye

It sure is easy see the speck in somebody else’s eye. But the plank in our own? What plank? Why do we do that? “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in y...

grace

May 19, 2023

Speaking Truth Covered in Grace

As you already know if you are on this devotional, I close with “be nice, Grace wins”. I think we all know and hopefully understand the “be nice”, but what about the “Grace wins”?Well, think about our lives and the experiences we have all learned from. Some of us have endured traumatic events in...

understanding

April 13, 2023

Walking in Wisdom Toward Others

You ever look at someone else and think or say to yourself, “Oh my word, what are they thinking?”. How about “what an idiot!”But here’s the thing; no matter how stupid the actions, political views, etc. seem to us, it makes perfectly good sense to them. When we don’t take time to understand other...

gods-love

April 11, 2023

God's Unfailing Love Through Life's Curveballs

Life can throw you curve balls, we all know that. Lately, I’ve had a steady diet of them too. But, you know what, I know they will eventually pass and today is a beautiful new day full of hope!So, as we move forward this week, take time to think about the unfailing love of God. Despite our sinful...

gods-presence

February 22, 2023

God's Unchanging Love: Present Even in Bad Times

You know it easy sometimes to think that God isn’t present when things are going bad for us. The feeling that maybe He isn’t there when we deviate from what we think is His plan for us. Well, it is simply not true. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father...

suffering

January 2, 2023

After Suffering: God's Promise of Restoration

Happy New Year! I’m still tired from that Saturday of football games! “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”1 Peter 5:10 I love this verse from Peter. You...

identity-in-christ

December 20, 2022

Your True Identity in Christ

Ask yourself this, what is your identity? People mostly answer that question with a title. I’m a mom. I’m a dad. A golfer, racer, vegan, cross fitter, husband or wife...whatever. But that’s not necessarily your identity. It’s regarding the world but what about your identity in Christ? Well, you’r...

forgiveness

December 16, 2022

Forgiveness as Worship: God's Steadfast Love

Welp, we made it another week! Let’s take the weekend and think about forgiveness. It’s not that I’m saying we don’t forgive, I just think we can all use a reminder as we part for a couple of day about the one thing that is the essence of who we are...forgiveness. You see, God loves you! And he k...

grace

December 13, 2022

Grace Greater Than Our Sin

We’ve been doing this since sometime in 2018. I know I’ve written 1014 devotionals. I don’t think that’s all of them because I’m sure I’ve accidentally deleted some and reused some…but I digress. In the beginning, I use to sign off our devotionals with God is greater than me. (God > Me) I’m sure...

gods-grace

December 12, 2022

While We Were Still Sinners: God's Proven Love

I had a couple great conversations this weekend with a few friends and they were asking me about my journey and how I am where I am and how I got here...their questions gave me reason to reflect on God’s grace he’s shown me. “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Chri...

justification

December 8, 2022

Justified by Faith: Grace Plus Nothing

I’ve been thinking the last couple of days about the journey we have been on together and some of the topics I chase down a rabbit hole. Not that I think they’re necessarily bad topics or irrelevant, I just think it’s good to get back to center. Level set, if you will. So, with that being said, I...

forgiveness

November 16, 2022

Forgiving Without Limits: God's Mercy in Action

Talking forgiveness a little more, I just want to say, forgiveness is not easy. But no matter how many times a person hurts you, you got to forgive them without limit. I know, I get it, but we have to. To forgive doesn’t mean to forget. You don’t have to reconcile with the person that wronged you...

forgiveness

November 15, 2022

The Freedom Found in Forgiveness

One of my most favorite topics to discuss is forgiveness. If you’ve been in this devotional journey with me for the last four and a half years, you know I like to talk about it. But why you may ask? Well, it’s forgiveness that has given us the hope for an eternal life with our maker and it’s forg...

forgiveness

October 11, 2022

Learning to Forgive: Practice Makes Perfect

In keeping with forgiveness, nobody ever suggested forgiving would be easy. I certainly didn’t and I’m not saying it is, because it’s not. But God challenges us by giving us the ability to forgive. But at the same time, it is one of the hardest things He asks us to do. But you can learn to forgiv...

forgiveness

October 10, 2022

Forgiving Doesn't Mean Forgetting

You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...