{"id":10115,"date":"2024-04-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10115"},"modified":"2024-03-22T07:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:20:48","slug":"10115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/10115\/","title":{"rendered":"Act of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Black-and-White-Minimalist-Positive-Quote-Instagram-Post.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Act of grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing feels better after a long day working in the yard, covered in grit from head to toe, than taking a shower. Cleansing our bodies with warm water rejuvenates, giving us new life. In the same way, when the Lord gives us grace, it washes away our sins, purifies our hearts, and renews us. Unlike taking a physical shower, turning on the water, scrubbing ourselves clean, and rinsing off, receiving God\u2019s grace requires only one thing: that we receive it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing we do earns the Lord\u2019s mercy; we can\u2019t work our way into heaven. God\u2019s grace rains down on us from above, washing us thoroughly without human effort. Forgiveness blots out sin. As we receive the Lord\u2019s grace and accept His gift, we must give it to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cBe kind to one another, tenderhearted,&nbsp;forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.\u201d Ephesians 4:32<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s grace multiplies; His never-ending stream of mercy flows into us and out to others. The more we learn to accept divine forgiveness, the quicker we forgive others. If you read the Bible 4 or more times a week, your likelihood of sharing your faith increases to 228%.<a id=\"_ednref1\" href=\"#_edn1\">[i]<\/a>\u00a0 Leading with grace will share the Gospel faster than anything else. Divine forgiveness leads to forgiving others and sharing the love of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, thank You for leading with divine forgiveness and showing us how to do the same. As we learn to accept and receive Your gift of mercy, help us share it easily with others. Strengthen and encourage us as we walk through the day, facing giants we didn\u2019t see coming. Help us find victory in Jesus as we follow You.\u00a0 IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" id=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> https:\/\/www.centerforbibleengagement.org\/research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Act of grace. Nothing feels better after a long day working in the yard, covered in grit from head to toe, than taking a shower. Cleansing our bodies with warm water rejuvenates, giving us new life. In the same way, when the Lord gives us grace, it washes away our sins, purifies our&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/10115\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Act of Grace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10118,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115\/revisions\/10118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}