SAVED BY GRACE
ZECHARIAH 3:4 (CEV)
This means you are forgiven. Now I will dress you in priestly clothes.
EPHESIANS 2:5 (CEB)
You are saved by God’s grace!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Because he is merciful God chooses to forgive us and graciously give us fresh starts.
PRAYER
Thank you, gracious God, for forgiving me of all in my life that is unacceptable to you. I am grateful for the reset button that Christ pushed for us when he conquered death. Help me to organize my life around this good news -- and to extend the same grace to others through my own actions, attitudes, and words. I'm going to live with the awareness that I am saved by your grace. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
