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    God's Grace for New Believers: John 1:14
    God's Grace for New Believers: John 1:14
    God's Grace for New Believers: John 1:14
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    God's Grace for New Believers: John 1:14

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    If God’s grace could talk . . .

    Actually, it already has. And is. And does.
    And here’s what it sounds like.
    It sounds like hope for days when life feels absolutely overwhelming. It sounds like promise that speaks into every relationship, no matter how desperately in need or how dear to your heart. It sounds like sufficiency in all those places where none of us is ever good enough. It sounds like confidence that would make no sense at all except the full weight of God is steadfastly behind it.
    If God’s grace could talk, it would sound exactly like what this book says in every Scripture on every page. And it wouldn’t sound nearly as old as it actually is, because it’s new every morning and within instant reach at every moment.
    It would sound like God, talking directly to you. Because He is. And does.
    And always does it with grace.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBH Publishing Group
    Release dateAug 1, 2018
    ISBN9781535917551
    God's Grace for New Believers: John 1:14

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      God's Grace for New Believers - B&H Editorial Staff

      Copyright © 2018 by B&H Publishing Group

      All Rights Reserved

      Printed in the United States of America

      978-1-5359-1754-4

      Published by B&H Publishing Group

      Nashville, Tennessee

      Dewey Decimal Classification: 234.1

      Subject Heading: GRACE (THEOLOGY) / HOPE / SELF-CONFIDENCE

      All Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

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      Introduction

      Life tends to maneuver us into categories, into penciled-in bubbles on the random identification form. Some of them we like; some we don’t. Some we actively seek out and continue to pursue; some were sitting there waiting for us and won’t turn us loose.

      But one thing we all know: deep inside these simple boxes and check marks reside entire worlds crawling with complication, challenge, and difficulty. Even if easy to get into, they are rarely so easy to faithfully, successfully, and steadily keep going through.

      As a new believer you may often feel inadequate or intimidated to the task ahead of you. You have lived your entire life one way, and now you have turned from living for yourself, to living for Christ. You keep finding new areas of life that don’t fit quite the way they used to.

      The reason this book exists is because God’s grace never met a check box it couldn’t fill with hope, peace, direction, and perspective—with motivation, counsel, freedom, and opportunity. This book is here, and is now yours, because the Bible not only speaks timelessly to everyone but specifically to you . . . with grace. God’s grace. Sufficient to every place. Even to the places you’re living this very moment.

      Acceptance

      Our deepest security is knowing God and His faithful love, there is no greater acceptance than that of our Creator.

      But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.

      1 Samuel 16:7

      Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.

      John 6:37

      But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

      Romans 5:8

      If God is for us, who is against us?

      Romans 8:31

      Peter began to speak: Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism, but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

      Acts 10:34–35

      Heavenly Father, thank You that no matter what disappointments and hurts might happen to me today, You will hold me and guide

      me according to Your purposes.

      Anxiety

      Beneath our anxieties is a need to feel in control—but our peace is found in knowing that the Creator of the universe holds us safely in the palm of His hand.

      Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? Can any of you add one moment to his life-span by worrying?

      Matthew 6:25–27

      Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.

      John 14:27

      Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

      Philippians 4:6–7

      For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

      2 Timothy 1:7

      Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

      1 Peter 5:6–7

      Heavenly Father, I entrust to You my family, my children, our finances, and my well-being, knowing that Your peace will guard my heart and mind.

      Assurance of Faith

      While as a new believer it can be scary to put

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