1. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  2. A pastor is sent to proclaim the unconditional grace of God, reminding us again and again that it is our Heavenly Father who reaches out to us in love through his Christ-won forgiveness, and not the other way around.
  3. This is an excerpt from part two of “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  4. Grace comes for every foolish, self-absorbed sinner, for every “Nabal,” and announces that there is one who has already taken it upon himself to shoulder all of our wrongdoing, paying the price for it through the sacrifice of himself.
  5. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  6. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  7. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  8. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  9. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  10. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  11. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  12. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.