Monday, July 1, 2013

Heart of the Matter Monday



“Grace is  God’s declaration to the Believer that she can never disappoint Him… on the flip side, grace means I can do absolutely nothing to please God more than just being who I am in Christ.  Yes, our works are good—they help others and honor God.  It is for the sake of such works that we remain in these bodies.  But our works are simply a means of living out the standing God has granted us, by grace through Christ’s sacrifice.  The works flow from grace, they don’t produce it.  ” Good works don’t earn you anything, they are “an act of worship from a heart overwhelmed by what Christ has done. “

~  Kimm Crandall.  Christ in the Chaos, pg 46a, 47a. 

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