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Wow. This song says everything that needs to be known about Grace. The words are profound, inspiring and continuously bring tears to my eyes. Every line requires serious meditation.

At our worst, we lose everything... except for Grace.
 
Grace every day! 08/25/2010
 
Lam 3:23 tells us that God's Graces are renewed every morning. That means every time I open my eyes in the morning, God has new Graces for me. So that got me thinking: what else does the Bible say about the morning, the night, the day ? What did others do when they awoke, during the day and when they went to bed ? What were the daily rituals of those who felt God's renewed Graces every day ?


May this become my daily guide to experimenting God every day.

GOD CONTROLS IT ALL
Day and night belongs to God Gen 1:5, 14-18, Ps 74:16, 104:20, 118:24, Jer 33:20, 25, Am 5:8, Mt 5:45

WHEN I WAKE
I am given love Ps 47:8
I am protected Ps 121:6, Mal 4:2

I will pray Ex 29:38-39, Ps 5:3, 88:13, 102:2-3
I will praise Ps 19:2, 59:16, 92:2
I will have joy Ps 30:5, 65:8, 118:24
I will see God's grace Ps 92:2
I will work Ex 16:21, Ps 104:22-23, Ec 10:16, 11:6
I will act justly Jer 21:12
I will the oppressed Jer 21:12
I will meditate on the Word Lu 21:38, Joh 8:2
I will accept his favor 2 Co 6:2

EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO WOKE EARLY TO
Obey: Abraham Gen 22:3, Moses Ex 24:4, Joshua Josh 6:12, 8:10
Reconcile: Isaac and Esau Gen 26:31
Worship, ask for forgiveness, reconcile with God: Jacob Ge 28:18, Israel Ex 29:38-42, 28:3-8
Correct an evil: King Darius with Daniel Dan 6:19
Pray: Jesus Mk 1:35
Preach: Peter and the apostles Acts 5:21

WHEN I SLEEP
I will meditate Gn 24:63
I will pray Ex 29:38-39, 1Sam 15:11, Ps 22:2, 30:5, Mt 14:23, Lu 6:12
I will praise Jb 35:10, Ps 19:2, 42:8, 92:2
I will have joy Ps 65:8
I will rest Ps 104:23, John 9:4
I will repent Jl 1:13
I will settle my wrath Ep 4:26

ALL DAY (day and night)
I am guided Ex 13:21-22, 40:38, Num 14:14, Dt 1:38, Neh 9:19, Ps 78:14
I am seen 1Ki 8:29, 2Chr 6:20
I am followed by goodness and love Ps 23:6
I am shown my sins Ps 32:3-4
I am protected Ps 121:6
I am being accused, and defended Rev 12:10

I will be near to Him 1Ki 8:59
I will meditate on the Word Ps 1:2, Jos 1:8
I will pray Neh 1:6, Ps 22:2, 55:17, 88:1, Lam 2:18, Matt 6:11, Lu 11:3, 18:7, 1Thess 3:10, 1Ti5:5
I will not fear Ps 91:5
I will worship Lu 2:37
I will exhort others Acts 20:31
I will work 1Thess 2:9, 2Thess 3:8
I will remember the saints in prayer 2Ti 1:3

God's plan is in motion Mk 4:27
The saints in Heaven praise Rev 4:8
Those who are in the lake of fire will suffer Rev 20:10
 
 
The slow, gradual descent into the deep abyss of personal destruction is one often characterized by the following 'D's
  • Desire
  • Decision
  • Departure
  • Deception
  • Defeats
  • Desperation
Before getting to the last and fateful D (estruction), GRACE is there to offer the alternative 'D' : Deliverance. 

No matter what step I am at, Grace is available and powerful enough to get me out of the tailspin. 

Grace. It works everywhere.
 
 
In my studies on Grace, I have learnt that there are certain things I can do nothing about. Four actually.

Nothing I can do will change the past 
Nothing I can do will control the future

Nothing I can do will make God love me more
Nothing I can do will make God love me less

I need to remind myself of these four 'Nothing I can dos' all too often.
 
 
Grace is all about God. It's His gift to us, with nothing we can do to merit the gift. And like all gifts, it is given to those willing to receive it, in this case, through faith.

Following my biblical study on Grace is the Result of my..., I see that after the inital Grace of salvation, the more I do some things, the more Grace I receive. God pays attention to my actions and wants to bless me with even more Grace. The gift remains there after salvation, I need to want to receive it. 

When I obey, pray, love and when I am humble, righteous, wise, good and witnessing, Grace is there. And that's another relationship with Grace and Truth: When I am in the Truth, I receive Grace.

Grace. I can get more of it.
 
 
Some wonderful lyrics from a consuming song by Hillsong.

A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace everlasting

Grace. For every time we stumble.
 
 
When I lack Grace, I am a 

Close minded,
Legalist,
Judgmental,
Prideful,
Activity-focused,
Grudge-holding,
Insensitive,
Arrogant,
Close-minded,
Impatient,
Unmerciful,
Intolerant...

fool.


 
 
Grace is the source of God's presence among us (Ge 18:3, Ex 33:13-14, 34:9, Ps 23:6, Is 54:7, 10, Jr 31:3). It is because of Grace that God is near us, in the highs and lows of life. It is because of Grace that we are never abandoned or forsaken. It is because of Grace that we can approach His throne at anytime.

And so, His presence is linked both ways with Grace. He graces us with His Presence while we are here on Earth. And then He graces us by letting us in His Presence when we leave this rock. He is with us, after which we will be with Him.

Grace. It's about His presence with us and then our presence with Him.
 
 
Throughout biblical interpretive history, there has been many many many different offshoots and opinions. Every time someone would come up with a framework to understanding what is often hidden to us, they put an 'ism' on it. 

Here is the result of my research into the list of 'isms' that surround those who believe in the Bible.


---Grace Guy's list of 'isms'---

THEOLOGY: SALVATION
Classical Arminianism
Wesleyan Arminianism
Calvinism
Hyper-Calvinism
Lutheranism
Pelagianism
Semi-Pelagianism
Antinomianism

THEOLOGY: APOLOGETICS
Presuppositionalism 
Ontologicalism
Evidentialism
Doctrinalism
Moralism
Scientific
Experientialism

THEOLOGY: ESCHATOLOGY
Post-tribulational Premillennialism
Dispensationalism
Postmillennialism
Amillennialism

THEOLOGY: CHRISTOLOGY
Trinitarianism
Unitarianism
Binitarianism

THROUGH HISTORY: CHRSTIANITY
Protestantism
Anglicanism
Eastern Orthodoxism
Oriental Orthodoxism
Roman Catholicism

THROUGH HISTORY: REFORMATION CHRISTIANITY
Anabaptism 
Anglicanism
Calvinism 
Counter-Reformation 
Lutheranism 
Polish Brethren 
Remonstrantism

THROUGH HISTORY: MODERN DAY PROTESTANTISM
Pietism 
Methodism
Evangelicalism
Adventism
Modernism 
Liberalism
Pentecostalism
Anglicanism
Lutheranism
Presbyterianism
Fundamentalism
Neo-orthodoxy
New Evangelicalism
Paleo-Orthodoxy
Ecumenism
---

One of the most attracting features of the doctrine of Grace is that is cuts through all the 'isms' the human mind can invent. We cannot opinionate the gift of God for man's salvation, the exclusion of any deed to make us deserve it or the power of the subsequent relationship Grace gives us.

Grace cuts through it all. And it is the one thing that will unite all heaven dwellers, no matter what their 'isms'. 

Grace, the best common denominator to all the 'isms'. And the greatest equalizer.
 
 
Todd Agnew took the classic words from the omnipresent Amazing Grace and created a modern take where the chorus emphasizes the pouring action of Grace.