Service Notes
Question and answer session on Grace with Pastor Earnest
what is grace?
In your own words, what is grace or as defined by the scriptures or as
defined by Pastor?
sometimes we make a study of the word and through that, we get an understanding
by which we live
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grace is unmerited favour/something you are not qualified
for yet you have or enjoy
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a supernatural elixir or something that brings favour and beauty
to you
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the divine influence in the heart of a man that is
revealed outside
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the ability of God which when a man receives, he adds to
his faith to produce miracles
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grace is a divine ability or influence at work in a man’s
life that makes him successful in his life beyond his natural ability
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grace is the outward expression of an inward influence
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the inward ability in a man’s life
if you only look at grace as unmerited favour then there will be some
aspects that you won’t be able to work with
because you keep looking at yourself as ‘I don’t qualify for this because
it’s too good for me’
God in His infinite love knew that we were not good enough, but He
accepted us
He brought us into His goodness
It’s the ability of God in the inside that makes you bring out results
beyond your imagination or human abilities
God gives you His power when you get born again
Why does He give us His power?
He said when the power comes, we will become witnesses to Him which
means God has a definite purpose for bringing His Holy Spirit into your life
God expects us to use that power that is in the inside of us to impact
our world
Although this is a body that is perishing day by day, God has chosen
it to be His abode
Grace is God’s power at work in the inside of me that shows on your
outside
I can bring results beyond how I look
How different is the Holy Spirit you have received from the Holy Spirit
in someone else?
It is the same power and ability
But do we all have the same results?
if we all have the same Holy Spirit why don’t we all have the same
results?
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different levels of faith
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not everyone is taking advantage of the grace
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the mindset
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the knowledge of what you have and how to use what you
have
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your understanding of the grace that is at work in you
if you must get more results you need more grace
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one who is more prayerful gets more results
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the more yielded you are to Him in fellowship (prayer,
etc)
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2 Peter 1:2
if
grace is multiplied, then the results of grace will be more
·
we are not getting the same results because we are not all
using the ability at work in us/ we are all not applying revealed principles
and means
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because a lot of us do not know how to receive the answers
to our prayers even though we know how to pray
most times when people say “by the grace of God”, it is because they
are failing.
the problem is the application of this grace even though we know it is
there
God gives us grace based on the results that He wants us to get
when someone asks you to buy something for him and gives you ghs 1o,
he is expecting goods up to but not more than ghs 10
When God gives you grace, He expects you to bring the equivalent of
that grace
for you to bring more results, then He will give you more grace
For instance, if you buy the person’s good at ghs 2 and he asks for
the balance, he is right because you have not yet brought the ghs 10 equivalent
remember, he who is faithful in a little is will not be faithful in
much
you have to know the level of results that He expects you to bring to
Him
Ephesians 3:1-7 (TLB)
verse 8- (KJV)
people who always regret their actions are people who do not usually know
their work
God gave Him the responsibility and the ability to do what He asked
him to do
when it comes to the Children of God, there is no one child that is
less than the other
(reference 2 Corinthians 5:17)
a special grace was given to Him for a special responsibility
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Paul understood what was given to Him
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he understood how to operate what was given to him
there is growth ingGod and God expects us to increase
He expects us to move to the next level
grace is not something we ask or pray for
grace is God’s gift
it is a free gift
no one qualifies for grace
you cannot qualify for it doesn’t mean you can't prove yourself worthy
of it
how can I have more grace?
be humble
what is humility?
humility is not about being quiet
1. have an understanding
of what grace is
look at grace beyond unmerited favour
there is something that God expects you to accomplish
ask yourself, have I discovered my purpose
God wants to use you beyond your family but you must
be faithful in your family first
2. you must recognise
grace; know that it is there
Philippians 2:13
learn to recognise the grace at work in you
Proverbs 3:5-6
even when you are visualizing you no longer think
about how big it is because you understand that there is enough grace
3. recognise the purpose
of the grace
4. utilise/use the grace
Every morning when you wake up say, there is power at work in the
inside of me and it is coming out in every area of your life
there is a makeup that grace can give to you
summary of the 4
points above
change your definition of grace
grace impacts my life
I manifest grace
acknowledge grace
let grace know that you know it is there
if the grace is there, why has God graced you
put grace to work
grace doesn’t work by itself
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