Do We Believe in Grace or Not?

In the church we like to talk about and sing about grace. But do we really believe in grace?

• If we really believed in grace, we would quit acting as if everything depended upon our performance.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't hold people's past sins against them once they had repented.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't write people off as beyond redemption.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be filled with pride that we are not like "them."
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be too proud to admit our shortcomings and struggles.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be putting our trust in money, fame and power.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be such jerks when we're driving.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be preaching sermons that are designed to get people to "try harder."
  
• If we really believed in grace, we wouldn't be so consumed with anxiety and fear.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we would be looking for the ways that God is already working among us instead of begging him to bless our grand strategies.
  
• If we really believed in grace, other people would be able to tell by the way we live.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we would be living lives of love, joy and peace.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we would value people more than our theological system.
  
• If we really believed in grace, we would be grateful for the abundant goodness that God showers upon us.
  

I think I believe in grace. I want to believe in grace. I need to believe in grace.

Pastor Rod

"Helping You Become the Person God Created You to Be"