Dear Lord,
Thank You for this beautiful Sunday morning, a new beginning adorned with Your grace. I am truly grateful for Your boundless love and for the gift of Your Son, Jesus, who sacrificed everything for me. Guide me today through Your Holy Spirit, filling me with the courage to face challenges and the wisdom to walk in Your ways. May my heart remain light, my actions be filled with kindness, and my faith steadfast, trusting that You hold my future in Your hands. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Sunday is a time for reflection and worship. Rejoice in the Lord and remember that His mercies are new every morning. Thank you for your Grace.
Today your heart be filled with hope and gratitude.
Ephesians 2:8–9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
By grace refers to God’s favor upon those who have transgressed his law and sinned against him. But grace may also be understood as a “power” in these verses. God’s grace not only offers salvation but also secures it. Saved refers to deliverance from God’s wrath at the final judgment (Rom. 5:9); “by grace you have been saved” is repeated from Eph. 2:5 for emphasis. The verb form for “have been saved” (Gk. sesōsmenoi, perfect tense) communicates that the Christian’s salvation is fully secured. through faith.Faith is a confident trust and reliance upon Christ Jesus and is the only means by which one can obtain salvation. this. The Greek pronoun is neuter, while “grace” and “faith” are feminine. Accordingly, “this” points to the whole process of “salvation by grace through faith” as being the gift of God and not something that we can accomplish ourselves. This use of the neuter pronoun to take in the whole of a complex idea is quite common in Greek (e.g., 6:1); its use here makes it clear that faith, no less than grace, is a gift of God. Salvation, therefore, in every respect, is not your own doing.
Joyful-Echoes 