As high as heaven is above the earth,
that’s how large God’s faithful love is for those who honor him.
ROMANS 5:20-21 (MSG)
All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.
THE ESSENCE
God's love and grace is so great that you can't out sin it.
DAILY FODDER
If God's grace is so great, what prevents people from abusing it—from saying, "It doesn't matter because God will forgive me anyway"?
PRAYER
Your love, O God, is greater than we can comprehend. Your grace has no bounds. Yet, we struggle to take you seriously. Forgive us for loving the wrong things in life. Renew me so that through Christ Jesus my life is lived in total alignment with your faithful love. I expect that such a life will be boundless. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.