Day 1: In Jesus, I Am Saved by Grace Through Faith!
There is nothing free in this world except the Grace of God. It does not depend on what we have done for God but what He has done for us!
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Ephesians 2: 8-9
Grace, Salvation, and Faith Are Gifts
“Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.” – Benjamin B. Warfield
“For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.” – Saint Augustine of Hippo
“Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
“Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.” – Arthur W. Pink
“Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.” – Max Lucado
“Grace is something you can never get but can only be given. There’s no way to earn it or deserve it or bring about anymore than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks.” – Frederick Buechner
“Grace is the very opposite of merit… Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the very opposite.” – Harry Ironside
“Because of the favor of God, we can have peace in the midst of chaos.” – Crystal McDowell
“What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.” – Rick Warren
“Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough.” – Brennan Manning
“A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough today to last him for the next 6 months, nor can he inhale sufficient air into his lungs with one breath to sustain life for a week to come. We are permitted to draw upon God’s store of grace from day to day as we need it.” – Dwight L. Moody
“You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.” – Charles Portis
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.” – Jerry Bridges
“Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what they must do to get to heaven and most reply, “Be good.” Jesus’ stories contradict that answer. All we must do is cry, “Help!”” – Philip Yancey
“Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Nothing but grace makes a man so humble and, at the same time, so glad.” – C.H. Spurgeon
“Grace releases and affirms. It doesn’t smother. Grace values the dignity of individuals. It doesn’t destroy. Grace supports and encourages. It isn’t jealous or suspicious.” – Charles Swindoll
“When grace moves in… guilt moves out.” – Max Lucado
“Abounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind.” – A.W. Tozer
“I am redeemed and saved by grace.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Grace is the love that gives, that loves the unlovely and the unlovable.” – Oswald C. Hoffmann
“Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.” – Dallas Willard