To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.
Nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy. And nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace.
Lord, give me grace to feel my need of grace, grace to ask for grace, grace to receive grace and, when grace is given, grace to use it. .
Believing the doctrines of grace doesn’t make you gracious! You must EXPERIENCE grace to be transformed into a gracious person