Responses to God's Grace
- Red Team Summit
- Fri, Feb 6, 2009
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James 4:6 says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Our staff evangelists like to describe God’s grace like an ambulance. When we see ourselves as we really are without His power, humbled and grieved by our un-Christ-likeness, and cry out to Him for His sufficiency, His “grace ambulance” rushes to the scene, providing all we need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).
Following are several phrases used by various people in a recent Life Action summit, describing how God has revealed their need for Him and His grace:
“I have tried for years to fix the problem in my life and my children’s lives, and God has humbled me to know how much I need Him.”
“Full of pride, striving, struggling, trying harder yet always failing. I called the ambulance, and He came! THANK YOU, LORD!”
“Being independent, not needing God in the little things. Trying to do things in my own strength, not being sensitive to the Holy Spirit.”
“How truly I need Him--I have failed Him in so many ways, yet He still loves me. How I need to show respect to my husband and let him be the spiritual leader of our home.”
“Pride is so HUGE! I have been so blinded to my own failures. I need the Holy Spirit to show me what I truly am without God and grace--nothing. He is everything.”
“God has broken me because I have not been faithful as I should. And not loving my wife as I should. I thank Him for speaking to me.”
“God has found me in a state of bitterness due to circumstances in my life.”
“I have been so full of pride. I realize now that I can do nothing on my own. It is all through His grace and mercy that I live.”
“God has shown to me how much bitterness is in my heart toward my daughter-in-law (ex) and how He wants me to show mercy and forgiveness to her.”
“God has shown me I have been living for the approval of men. I have forsaken all that is good and godly for the sake of my job.”
“Opened my eyes to the bitterness in my life which has affected my whole family.”
“I’ve not had a pure heart. I’ve been very impatient with others and critical.”
“I get aggravated with one of my friends pretty quick sometimes. And I also get aggravated with my mom too sometimes.”
“Mainly my reactions to others when wronged.”