God's simple, ordinary greeting to you is massively profound! Galatians 1:3–5 (NIV) 3   Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4   who But notice how doctrinal this seemingly ordinary greeting of grace and peace is! Your ability to enjoy and live in this grace and peace is rooted in the Trinity. pronounced the same in every language, simply means that this blessing of grace and peace is sure to

Being filled with the Spirit isn't just for super-Christians, it's for ordinary believers like you. skills enabling them to publicly praise God through talents - especially music - that the rest of us ordinary It's a man you've likely never heard of: Bezalel, the son of Uri. This ordinary tradesman is the first to be described as Spirit-filled (Exodus 31).

shines a light on the darkness of this world, telling you of God’s incredible power, sovereignty, and grace The Lord’s Supper and baptism are visible signs of God’s incredible grace, helping us to understand in

and weakness, has ordained sacraments for us to seal his promises in us, to pledge his good will and grace For they are visible signs and seals of something internal and invisible, by means of which God works We properly refer to sacraments as being part of God's ordinary means of grace. : The LORD, who cuts His people to the heart by the powerful working of His Holy Spirit through the ordinary means of grace; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that as you participate in the sacraments, you

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear That means that we as Christians literally exude God's love in our words and actions, and these actions Ordinarily, at least. That's why these marks are often referred to as the ordinary means of grace. works in ordinary ways (as He did in raising Timothy in a Christian environment).

youth use to declare their intention to keep their promise, the pinky promise has a bit of a darker meaning

A literal translation of the Greek word means one who comes alongside and calls out. His abilities to make these truths known, most of the time He uses what have come to be called the ordinary means of grace : the preaching of the Word, the participation of the sacraments, and the discipline truth; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will make it your habit to participate in the ordinary means of grace that the Spirit uses to build up your faith; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the

This passage also demonstrates why we consider communion as an aspect of what we call the ordinary means of grace (the tools with which God most often conveys saving grace upon us). In other words, although preaching is the most ordinary of the ordinary means of grace, coming to the Ask them what the little word is means in Jesus' communion formula and then get out of the way! Does it mean that the physical bread & wine somehow are Christ's physical body, or does Jesus simply

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace reason, the apostles and the teachers who followed them taught the people in a godly manner about this grace For grace is bestowed through admonitions,  and the more readily we perform our duty,  the more lustrous The Canons explain how God ordinarily does this: by means of the holy admonitions of the gospel, under As you participate in what are often referred to as these ordinary means of grace , God uses them to

This passage on the question of the great commandment in the Law comes within a series of questions meant