Grace is frustrated when God's purpose is not realized in a person, in a people, in a place and at a particular time. 

God’s Ultimate Purpose in Giving Grace is to Express His Glory Throughout All of  Creation. 

The Presence is Glory at its lightest, (Glory-lite). Glory is Presence at its fullest, (Glory-max.). 

God's real intention is to glorify us. To settle for His Presence is to frustrate grace.  

The Presence satisfies, but Glory transforms.

When going through, there are two questions we should be asking.

1. How can I get out of this situation?

2. How can I bring glory to God through my situation? 

• Grace is given, not for man’s benefit, but for God’s glory.

• Grace is given to enable ordinary men to accomplish the impossible so that God can get glory in uncommon ways.

• Everywhere grace is seen at work, the kingdom of God is in full display.

Grace is God’s Complete Package that enables man to Be, to Have and to Do.

We can access Grace only by Faith in Jesus

Jesus told us that those who truly give up and let go of their lives will be His true disciples.

Everyday we are presented with a choice: thy will be done Lord or MY will be done.

The mind can be a battlefield, but we can surrender our thoughts to the One who has never lost a battle.

The prodigal son wasted a finite amount of money. The older prodigal brother wasted time which is even more precious than money.

The younger prodigal was moved by the lust. The older prodigal was bound by ignorance.

The greater prodigal lives like a slave, even though he is a son.

To glorify God is simply to represent Him accurately.

In order to glorify God, we need to grow up…fast.

True spiritual growth is demonstrated by the cultivation of the fruit of the Spirit.

The fruit of the Spirit is evident only in relationships.

Generosity has less to do with the size of your purse, but more to do with the size of your heart.

What God does in us is for His glory.

What God does through us is for the benefit of others.

What God does for us is for our own benefit. This should always come last.

In God’s kingdom, if you want to last long, put yourself last.

The reason for Jesus' endtime prophecies is to strengthen the faith of believers.

To have a single vision means we are not distracted by non-essentials. It means we do not miss the point.

Sound doctrine is non-negotiable, but if it is the only thing we have as the body of Christ, we would have missed the point of our calling.

The church, the body of Christ, is the light of the world. The church can never die. It will simply be relocated.

Every seduction is an attempt to lure us away from a single vision. Don’t be a wandering-eyed Christian.

The mind is the battleground but the heart is the target.

When we move away from the simplicity of the gospel, we run the risk of thinking that Jesus is not enough.

Christians are in the world, but we are not of the world. We are at the same time citizens, and immigrants.

The world is our external environment.

The world tries to conform us to itself, by enticement and by persecution.

We have a problem when we allow worldliness to become our inner condition.

According to the world. freedom means “I can do whatever I like.” “I obey myself.”

According to God, freedom means, “I can now fully obey God, doing what pleases Him.”

“Freedom is the ability to obey God without constraints.”

We are disappointed not because God failed to keep His promise, but because…

We misunderstand the promise

We do not know God as well as we should

We expect God to fulfill promises He never made.

Sin is not merely a mistake. Sin is an affront to God as creator, owner and lawgiver.

Jesus is the only way to be saved. 

It is not enough to believe. We must actually repent.

Repentance begins with  a true regret for one’s action. It is godly sorrow for having broken God’s commands.

Message preached on Sunday, May 19, at Center for Grief and Wholeness.

Every child of God has been given a measure of grace.

We don’t need to do anything special to be blessed. We just need to find out what is leaking our oil.

God’s grace never fails. It is man who fails of grace.

The gospel is hidden not only to unbelievers but sadly also to too many believers.

Even among those who understood the gospel at first, time has caused them to drift away from the truth.

We are called to be faithful to the scriptures, not to the culture.

In a faithless attempt to be culturally-sensitive or to be socially-relevant, many Christians are actually showing that they are ashamed of the gospel.

If we stray from apostolic prayers, even when we pray a lot, we will often be praying amiss.

Welfare prayers are man’s wish lists. Apostolic prayers are God’s wish list.

Welfare prayers create insular believers, who are limited in their interests. Apostolic prayers make for generous, global-minded, transgenerational believers.

Man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him.

Prayer develops our relationship with God and demonstrates our trust and dependence upon Him.”