The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, United States Grow Pray Study GPS Guide for Sunday, 30 June 2019 "Prayer Tip: Grace for Today… Hope for Tomorrow" Daily Scripture: Titus 2:11-13
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, United States Grow Pray Study GPS Guide for Sunday, 30 June 2019 "Prayer Tip: Grace for Today… Hope for Tomorrow" Daily Scripture: Titus 2:11-13
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, United States Grow Pray Study GPS Guide for Sunday, 30 June 2019 "Prayer Tip: Grace for Today… Hope for Tomorrow" Daily Scripture: Titus 2:11-13
Daily Scripture:
Titus 2:11-13 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world. 13 At the same time we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and savior Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11-13 11 For God's grace, which brings deliverance, has appeared to all people.
12 It teaches us to renounce godlessness and worldly pleasures, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives now, in this age;
13 while continuing to expect the blessed fulfillment of our certain hope, which is the appearing of the Sh'khinah of our great God and the appearing of our Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah.(Complete Jewish Bible).
Prayer Tip: In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Philip Yancey says that “the world thirsts for grace in ways it does not even recognize.” He writes, “Little wonder the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’... edged its way onto the Top Ten charts two hundred years after composition.” The hymn’s composer, John Newton, was once an infidel and slave trader, and was thirsty for grace. After he discovered the grace of God, he never ceased to be amazed. And people have never ceased singing his song, “Amazing Grace.”
But what is grace? Paul summed up its countless virtues by calling them “exceeding riches” (Ephesians 2:7). He spelled out some of those riches in Ephesians 2. Grace is:
Let’s drink deeply of God’s amazing grace so that we will be grace-dispensers to a thirsty world.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound—
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see. (Newton)
Lord, Continue to move within us,
Inspiring us, teaching us, and shaping us.
Give us courage to be instruments of your peace and grace daily. Amen (Tino Herrera, Congregational Care Pastor)
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Daily Scripture:
Titus 2:11-13 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world. 13 At the same time we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and savior Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11-13 11 For God's grace, which brings deliverance, has appeared to all people.
12 It teaches us to renounce godlessness and worldly pleasures, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives now, in this age;
13 while continuing to expect the blessed fulfillment of our certain hope, which is the appearing of the Sh'khinah of our great God and the appearing of our Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah.(Complete Jewish Bible).
Prayer Tip: In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Philip Yancey says that “the world thirsts for grace in ways it does not even recognize.” He writes, “Little wonder the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’... edged its way onto the Top Ten charts two hundred years after composition.” The hymn’s composer, John Newton, was once an infidel and slave trader, and was thirsty for grace. After he discovered the grace of God, he never ceased to be amazed. And people have never ceased singing his song, “Amazing Grace.”
But what is grace? Paul summed up its countless virtues by calling them “exceeding riches” (Ephesians 2:7). He spelled out some of those riches in Ephesians 2. Grace is:
- God’s favor bestowed on undeserving people (v.1)
- God’s instrument for bringing salvation to each believer (v.8)
- God’s provision of spiritual fellowship with others (vv.5-6)
- God’s creative influence, equipping the believer to fulfill God's purposes (v.10)
Let’s drink deeply of God’s amazing grace so that we will be grace-dispensers to a thirsty world.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound—
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see. (Newton)
Lord, Continue to move within us,
Inspiring us, teaching us, and shaping us.
Give us courage to be instruments of your peace and grace daily. Amen (Tino Herrera, Congregational Care Pastor)
Like this post? Share it!
If you have a question or comment about today’s GPS or Insights blog, you can send it to GPS@cor.org. We read them all, but because of the number of responses we receive, cannot guarantee replies.
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Scripture quotations are taken from The Common English Bible ©2011.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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