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How can you start living in grace? First and foremost, you have to give up! Yes, give up:
- Trying to earn God’s grace. You can’t! It’s a gift!
- Trying to make up for your past. It’s behind you! God remembers it against you no more.
- Trying to shift the blame—on your parents, on your siblings, on your mate, on your circumstances—whoever or whatever. Forgive whoever needs forgiving and let go of the bitterness and anger that is eating you alive.
- Sitting on the sidelines. Whatever fear is immobilizing you, believe God’s grace is sufficient to enable you to do the good works he put you here to do.
- Any known addiction in your life—anything that is keeping you in bondage.
Give up and then give in! Give in:
- To God’s love for you. You are the one he loves. Nothing can separate you from his love. It’s unconditional—unlike any other love you’ve known.
- To God’s plan for you. Believe he has good works for you to do and tell God you want to do them. Tell God you’re tired of everything always being about you, and you want your life to be all about God.
- To God’s grace! Start immersing yourself in the grace of God. Search scripture about God’s grace and pray those scriptures into your life.
- To the joy of your salvation. If you’re sure you have been born from above, ask God to restore your joy as you learn to bask in his grace.
- To the abundant life Jesus died to give you. Stop settling for just getting by. Ask God to overflow your heart and mind with the truth of his grace to you, and then go for it.
I want to leave you with a picture of you covered with grace! Grace follows you everywhere! Grace fills your heart! Grace comes out of your mouth. Grace gets you through the tough times. You have met grace, and you are growing in the knowledge and understanding of grace:
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen (2 Peter 3:18).
You’ve met Grace! Get to know her better and better every day. Pray Grace into your life. Rebuke the enemy who will try to dump guilt and anger and shame and bitterness on you. Say hello to Grace all through your day. Fix your mind on Jesus, the one who is full of grace.
