God's Grace

You were dead through the faults and sins.  Once you lived through them according to this world and followed the Sovereign Ruler who reigns between heaven and earth and who goes on working in those who resist the faith.  All of us belonged to them at one time and we followed human greed;  we obeyed the urges of our human nature and consented to its desires.  By ourselves, we went straight to the judgment like the rest of humankind.

But God, who is rich in mercy, revealed his immense love.  As we were dead through our sins, he gave us life with Christ.  By grace you have been saved!  And he raised us to life with Christ, giving us a place with him in heaven.

In showing us such kindness in Christ Jesus, God willed to reveal and unfold in the coming ages the extraordinary riches of his grace.  By the grace of God you have been save through faith.  This has not come from you;  it is God's gift.  This was not the result of your works, so you are not to feel proud.  What we are is God's work.  He has created us in Christ Jesus for the good works he has prepared that we should devote ourselves to them.

Ephesians 2:1-10

"Dear Lord, let me never forget how great and sacrificial Your love is for us.  Let me repay with a life dedicated to loving You by serving others."

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