perhaps when we forget perhaps it's when we forget of all that god has
saved us from yeah that we hoard grace to ourselves and don't give it to others
like perhaps when we forget the sin that he saved us from the pits of hell he pulled us from that we
now even though god didn't have this standard for us to reach that we
needed to do anything to achieve his love we have that standard for other people
perhaps it is because we have a distorted view of god that we it is grace that we have to achieve
that there his love is something we have to earn that we reflect on to other people saying you have
to be this or do this to achieve my love one of the best things about god's grace is that
it's welcome to everybody one of the great greatest things about god's
grace is that it's available to everybody that everybody's invited that i'm invited
the free gift it's a free gift and all of us are included in that invitation but perhaps if i don't
understand that we're all welcome and we're all invited equally to the throne of grace and perhaps
that's why i don't see my brothers and sisters as perhaps that's why because i have a distorted view
of god i have a distorted view of who i give grace to our love to my brothers and sisters
other people that live in the world and so i just wonder if it is perhaps when we don't realize
and remember the grace we've been saved from that we are we are not quick to give that grace
to other people you know i love that god accepts anyone because that means i'm in but i don't love
that god accepts everyone that when that means that y'all are in and i think it's when we have
to remember what we've been saved from i think it helps us when we remember how loved we are
it helps us and empowers us to love other people that may not be like us that may not look like us
that may not come from where we are from and if we are having trouble loving other people or giving
grace to other people perhaps we need to take a moment to remember how god has freely received
us and loved us as we are ultimately that is how we are going to show people who jesus is
while many of us are thinking how are we going to show people who jesus is how are we going to
reveal god's love to the people around us like how are we going to point people to christ we
need to remember that nobody hates being loved nobody hates um being forgiven nobody hates
being fought for nobody hates being told more of who they are and if we're reflecting jesus for
echoing the character of jesus then we would be telling people how loved they are how welcomed and
invited they are and we're saying well how do i point people to jesus how are you treating people
now do people around you want to know why are you the way you are why are you so joyful why are you
so peaceful why do you always believe in me why do you always cheer me on why do you forgive me
for the things i've done like do we have a life that represents jesus well that's how we're gonna
show people christ love by showing other people how loved they are they're going to want to know
how do you know that i want to know how you know how loved i am you know nobody hates being loved
i also wanted to highlight what sheila said and cece said about sheila you brought up social media
and i love social media i actually love when we use it for a tool for good i think we can use
it for a tool for good but you are talking about how sometimes online we can see the perfect way to
not show grace right you are sharing things that you've seen online do you see it do you feel like
you see it cross-generationally because i feel from where i'm sitting that online i wonder if
some people i wonder is it cross-generational is it based on where people live is it based on
how they were raised i feel like perhaps when i think about social media i wonder if people know
that they will be held accountable for the words they say online just as much as they'll be held
accountable for the words they say with their mouths and cece said something really powerful
a second ago she said you know what are the ways the enemy is having victory over your mouth and
i would ask what are the ways the enemies having victory over how you're talking to people online
yeah as well right how is the enemy having victory in your attitude and what you're saying to people
and how you're commenting back to people and how you're representing god's love online are you
how is the enemy having victory over how you are communicating with people on the internet on your
social media on your instagram or your facebook is he having victory through your attitude or your
words i think it's something for us to consider we don't want the enemy to have any victory
our words and our mouths or our words online hosanna what is it um what do they call it cancel
culture i think as believers i think as believers we should develop grace culture come on absolutely
come on yes you know the gospel does not support cancer culture no the gospel was you've canceled
those people i'm going to those people you've canceled those people i'm going to help those
people you've canceled those people i'm going to lift them up you peter man you were rough but i'ma
build my whole church on you i will not cancel you like the gospel does not support i cancel culture
that's from the world the world wants to divide jesus wants to unite and the truth is he will
never cancel us we all deserved to be canceled long ago but he'll never cancel us and i think
sometimes people hear this conversation and they think but how can i extend grace to that person
that did this to me and did this to me and and really in truth grace is forgiveness there it's
the same thing but grace is not a license to do it again nor is forgiveness and many times we forgive
and we show grace not because they deserve it or even that it will release them from anything but
it releases us from them when we extend grace it like it unties us from the pain it unties us from
the hurt and when we forgive people that may not deserve forgiveness we got forgiven when we didn't
deserve it either and so i forgive them but it's not saying you can do it again because that's why
a lot of people don't do it they're like i can't give them permission you're never given permission
to hurt you again when you forgive them you're never giving people a permission
to do it again you're simply saying i don't want to be tied to you i don't want to be your judge
i just am going to extend grace because i need it myself and sometimes it means you have to
separate yourself from them and the only way you can is when you forgive them when you show
grace to them now you can remove yourself from the situation and god will do what god will do
yeah it's untying yourself from them on time you stay tied up you can stay whatever i'm untying
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