Tag: grace
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Lived Out Grace
Grace. We hear the word in church. Hopefully, we understand that the grace of God is what has saved us. God’s forgiveness offered to us through Jesus is glorious! Have we thought about what that word is supposed to mean to us every day? Is it a religious term that stays in our Bibles and…
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At Calvary – Episode 142 – Grace With Others
When we are young, cause and effect can be tricky things.God shows us connections that we would have missed. He, as it were, connects the dots for us. He shows us where things will hurt us when we couldn’t have predicted it. He also shows us what will help us. We have all been in…
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At Calvary – Episode 141 – Paul’s Story for the Good News
Your story. When you share your story, why are you sharing it? Do you share it because it is important to you? Do you share it because it helps people understand some point you want to make? God’s man, Paul, shares bits of his story in his letters in the New Testament. He shares to…
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At Calvary – Episode 139 – Who God is To Us Changes Us
What is most important to you? It will be the thing you live for and perhaps a thing that you would die for. For Paul the Apostle, that most important thing is the gospel of Jesus. The good news was ‘the thing’ for Paul. Why is that? What makes the good news of Jesus so…
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At Calvary – Episode 138 – Worth Living and Dying For
What is most important to you? It will be the thing you live for and perhaps a thing that you would die for. For Paul the Apostle, that most important thing is the gospel of Jesus. The good news was ‘the thing’ for Paul. Why is that? What makes the good news of Jesus so…
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At Calvary – Episode 136 – Everyday Grace
God’s message through Peter is clear: this grace that has saved us is one of those big ideas that changes what we do every day. It isn’t just a spiritual truth that gets us into Heaven. Grace also unfolds every day in our lives. How? How does who God is influence those of us who…
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At Calvary – Episode 135 – Grace. A Hill to Die On
Give me Liberty or give me Death! This is a rallying cry made famous by Patrick Henry during the American Revolution could have been Paul’s cry in the book of Galatians. Galatians, considered to be Paul’s great defense of salvation by grace alone through faith alone, outlines why the liberty of grace is so important.…
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At Calvary – Episode 133 – Grace Changes How We See Life
When life changes how we see life also changes. Think about having children. Before we had them, my wife and I thought we understood what we were getting into. How funny is that!? The Bible is clear that the same thing happens when a person becomes a believer. We are encouraged to be prepared to give…
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At Calvary – Episode 129 – Where We Came From – The Glory of Grace
Our fathers in the faith unapologetically reminded their people where they came from. They did not do it for guilt’s sake. They weren’t trying to make those Christians they loved feel guilty or simply relive the past. No, they did it for glory’s sake. Our past isn’t primarily about us. Like our present and our…
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At Calvary – Episode 125 – By Grace We Are Saved
Grace. Love. Faith. Although not every short word is deep with meaning, these are words that are full of meaning. When it comes to grace, we are talking about a profound meaning. However, for the grace of God to have real significance to us it cannot be just an idea. We must let it be…
Pastor John D Jakes 