From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "C & P Greene" <cfgreene@teleport.com>
Subject: Joyous Greetings
Date: Sunday, September 03, 2000 6:36 AM

We often sing:
"His grace has no measure
 His mercies no end.
 His love has no boundaries known unto men.
 For our of the infinite riches in Jesus,
 He giveth and giveth and giveth again."

Divine grace!  Unmerited favor and mercy, freely given.  Saved by grace
through faith, the free gift of God.  Our salvation is truly Amazing Grace!
And God's grace covers, keeps and takes us through each day; never in short
supply.  We dare not take this grace lightly.  The Scriptures have much to
say of grace.  The Apostle Paul used the word 89 times in his letters.  I
will only mention a few verses here.

Freely given:
"...The Lord gives grace and glory
 No good thing does He withold from those who walk uprightly." Psalm 84:11

To share:
"As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."  1 Peter 4:10

Given to the humble:
"...All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God
is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."  1 Peter 5:5

Sufficient for all our needs:
As Christ tells the Apostle Paul, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
strength is made perfect in weakness..."
2 Corinthians 12:9

Source of strength:
"...Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."  2 Timothy 2:l

In Ephesians 4:11-12, Paul tells us,  "And He gave some as apostles, and
some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints (His consecrated people) for the work of
service (ministry), to the building up of the body of Christ."

By grace, the grace of God,  we have the equipment for ministry as in the
following:
"And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let
each exercise them accordingly..."  Romans 12:6

As Jesus never acted on His own initiative and only did that which pleased
the Father, so we too must never act out of ourselves, but only as the Holy
Spirit leads.  His grace is sufficient and His grace and mercies are new,
fresh and sufficient for all our needs each day, no matter what the day may
bring.  All by grace!  Hallelujah!