Devotion It’s About Grace

Can't work my way to HeavenChurch attendance won't grant me graceCaring for my neighbors, though good,is but a taste of faithFor faith is more than good works and effortsMore than following the Ten CommandmentsMore than seeking “brownie” pointsMore than sacraments.Grace is a gift from a SaviorWho came, who gave His life,For you, for me, that HeMight offer forgiveness, hope, lifeTo all who come to HimWho believe on His nameAnd turn from works to a relationship.His gift--graceAnd in loving HimI behold His faceAnd bow.Philippians 3:9-10a And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, ...By Carolyn R ScheidiesFrom First I Bow