Posted by ruach on September 30, 2009
From an interview with Max Lucado
Q: You and Chuck Swindoll, another well-known pastor and author, are very different in style, but you both base your ministries on grace. Why is grace so important to you, personally?
A: It’s the big surprise of the Bible. It’s the unique aspect of Christianity that we’re not saved by what we do, but by what Christ has done for us. It’s the command of Scripture over and over to be strong in the grace, let your roots grow down deep in the grace of God, and it’s the only reason we have for joy.
It’s the only story worth telling. Even victory over death is second to grace. I think victory over death is awesome, but who wants to live for eternity if they have to save themselves? So the Easter promise is subservient to the promise of Good Friday.
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Posted by ruach on April 6, 2009
We had a week’s vacation at the end of March and I did nothing except sleep, do some exercise, and read Philip Yancey’s book, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference.
Grace is one of the things Yancey says we should pray for. How about these words from page 280
Grace descends as the gentle rain from heaven. It does not divide, does not rank. It floats like a cloud high in the sky, and the thirsty pray for it as desert nomads pray for rain.
Prayer for grace offers the chance for a deep healing, or at least a way to cope with what cannot be fixed.
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Posted by ruach on October 9, 2008
Couple of quotes that I liked–maybe if I write them here, I won’t forget them so easily. The first is supposedly from Philip Yancey, What’s So Amazing About Grace but I don’t have the energy to look for it. The second one I had in my little notebook–who knows where it came from. But, not original with me!
Why is it that grace, the key unique characteristic of the Christian faith, “The notion of God’ love coming to us free of charge…”, is so rarely shared amongst those of us who profess to be it’s recipients?
Life has a way of exposing our personal vanities.
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Posted by ruach on January 16, 2008
The longer I live, the more I understand my need for the following prayer by Thomas a Kempis
“Oh Lord Jesus, make possible to me by grace what is impossible to me by nature.” Book3:19 Imitation of Christ
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