What  Is  The  Definition  Of  GRACE?? Or  What  Is  Grace?
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jecrawford2010,\n\nMost people believe that grace is unmerited favor, and it is, but it is so much more. Strong’s Greek Dictionary defines grace (charis) as the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life. It wasn’t that many years ago that the gifts of the Spirit were referred to as Christian graces (charismata.) God’s grace is His influence in our heart that we see in our life.\n\nFor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9\n\nGod’s grace makes it possible for us to see the truth of the gospel and respond in faith to become a new creature. All legitimate service for God begins with grace and is followed by faith and then obedience. Humility is simply faith and obedience. Jesus was the ultimate example of responding to God’s divine influence on His heart with faith and obedience. Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing and only said what the Father taught Him to say. The best scriptural definition of God’s grace is:\n\n… for it is God Who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose. Philippians 2:13\n\nIt is God who provides the desire to choose His will and the power to do His will. He gets all the credit. Pretty simple isn’t it? When I was young, I was confused by Psalm 37.\n\nDelight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4\n\nI wanted the desires of my heart, but I didn’t understand how laughing and jumping and hollering was going to motivate God to give me the desires of my heart. So I looked up the word “delight” in my concordance. I learned that “delight” means to be soft and pliable. My duty was to be clay in the Potter’s hands, and then He would give me the desires of my heart. As He formed me, my desires were subject to change, but my desires would still be given to me. This is a wonderful picture of God’s grace and my only duty is to be soft and pliable and receive it.\n\nHe is truly the Potter, and we are only the clay. We cannot win as a Christian by our own effort. We need grace – the divine influence in our heart, and its reflection in our life. He does everything, and He gets all the credit.\n\nFor if, by the trespass of the one man (Adam), death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17-18\n\nThe Bible says that we will reign in life if we receive God’s abundant grace and the gift of righteousness. Humility and submission and obedience are interchangeable terms, and they are the prerequisite for receiving God’s grace.\n\nGod opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6b\n\nI hope this helps.\n\nGod bless.
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Love is like magic\n\nLife's sweet mystery!!\n\nLove is unselfish,\nUnderstanding and kind,\n\nLove can transform\nThe most commonplace\nInto beauty and grace...\n\nlike is just like
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Not only true for God, but for our mamas who can post bail and get us out of trouble. Sad, but taking an advantage of the love, mercy and grace can only go so far with God.  For even God has His limits. One day that grace period that we are grazing in will come to a sudden halt. Then we would have to ponder, did I acknowledge God in my good times, when I was missing Him or just wanted to let Him know how much I appreciate all that He does in my life? Or do I just take Him for granted?
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Three Fwd=> Wishes: Grace => Mercy => Peace.\n\nOf two Adams compare-i-son in 1Corinthians 15,\nthe first man Adam [was] a living "soul",\nthe second coming [is] a quickening "spirit".\n\nIn (first) Adam (in them: Gen 5) all die.\n("by the u-sing of ordinances all perish)\nIn (last) Adam (in us of us-ward) all live.\n\nOf seven things the word of God (Grace) is in Hebrews,\nmidst thing pierces, divides assunder, soul and spirit.\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Hebrews5.htm\n\nHowbeit? \nFirst the nature-u-all, after-ward the spirit-u-all.\n\nProblem is, law is both natural and spiritual.\nIf we let law be spirit-u-all, then spirit of err-or.\nIf we let law be dead testator of NT, end all-right.\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus=>Christ with you=>all. Amen.
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God,s Love never fails \nGod,s grace never fails \n God,s peace never Fail.
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The salvation that is of God by grace isn't the only type of salvation.\n\nMy thought- It is through childbirth that a woman comes into her glory, and I can't imagine an emptier life than that of a barren woman.
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It makes sense, but what about the Old Testament times when there was no Grace (in the sense of Christ)?\n\nThose people couldn't follow His law perfectly, either. The Old Testament speaks of those who were considered righteous by God because they believed. Not necessarily because they did the right things all the time. Look at David - he broke every one of the 10 Commandments! Saving grace wasn't part of the equation then - at least not the way we understand it from the Gospels. \n\nBut since God still loved the righteous (believers), I suppose you could consider that Grace. It becomes a matter of semantics. It just makes me wonder why - if He intended to provide saving grace from His law - He couldn't have just explained the gospel of grace to those people?
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Hello.. :)\n\nPhilippians 4:8\n\nWhatsoever things are true\nWhatsoever things are honest\nWhatsoever things are just\nWhatsoever things are pure\nWhatsoever things are lovely\nWhatsoever things are of good report\nIf there be any virtue\nIf there be any praise\nThink on these things\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ..
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This is one of the those loose terms that anyone can define to mean whatever they want it to mean.\nDefine 'growth', for starters. Then define 'spiritual'.\nDo you have any particular religion in mind?
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LOVE..\n\nIt is  the most beautiful thing known to humanity. it transcends all boundaries. it is vast, limitless, divine.\n\nit unites. it forms a never ending bond.\n\nit is pristine \n\nit is life giving...\n\nthere is much more to it. some parts of it which i am yet to explore...
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It's Grace by Kate Havnevik..You can listen to it on her page on MySpace. It's a beautiful song, and the lyrics are also on her page!
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We are not saved by faith. We are saved by grace( Ephesians 2:5). Faith is the justification for grace. However, we are not justified by faith alone(James 2:17). We are justified by faith and works. If you continue to sin without repentance you cannot be saved even if you do have faith. \nHebrews 12:14 says it best:\n"Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord."
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SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE\nBECAUSE I DONT DESERVE IT
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Love is what you make of it.  The definition you've given about having a higher concern for another without regards to oneself, to me that is love.  Actually there's more to it than that, but then again not everything can be expressed verbally now can it?
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The words of the old Hymn writer John Newton put it better than I could expain it:\n\nAMAZING GRACE\n\nAmazing grace! How sweet the sound\nThat saved a wretch like me!\nI once was lost, but now am found;\nWas blind, but now I see.\n\n'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,\nAnd grace my fears relieved;\nHow precious did that grace appear\nThe hour I first believed.\n\nThrough many dangers, toils and snares,\nI have already come;\n'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,\nAnd grace will lead me home.\n\nThe Lord has promised good to me,\nHis word my hope secures;\nHe will my shield and portion be,\nAs long as life endures.\n\nYea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,\nAnd mortal life shall cease,\nI shall possess, within the veil,\nA life of joy and peace.\n\nThe world shall soon dissolve like snow,\nThe sun refuse to shine;\nBut God, who called me here below,\nShall be forever mine.\n\nWhen we've been there ten thousand years,\nBright shining as the sun,\nWe've no less days to sing God's praise\nThan when we'd first begun.
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Salvation\nThe Wisdom of the Word\nFreedom (in so many aspects)
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Faith alone will not save.\nFaith and Works, alone, will not save.\nFaith, Works, and God's Sanctifying Grace WILL save.\n\nThe idea that faith alone or faith and works alone will save is not true. Anyone who believes this has (inadvertently perhaps?) taken God out of the equation.\n\nFaith, Works, AND - most important of all - God's Sanctifying Grace is what saves. All the faith and works in the world, without God's Sanctifying Grace, will not save.\n\nIt might do well to tell anyone who believes in faith-alone or faith and works alone, not to forget what really saves : God's Sanctifying Grace.