June 8, 2017 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration

 GRACE

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; 
it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone be found boasting. For we are 
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:8-10

People often ask, "What is grace?"

A woman from Nevada writes this it perfectly explains the blessing of grace.

I left work, early, so I could have some uninterrupted study time, right
before the final in my Youth Issues class. When I got to class, everybody
was doing their last-minute studying. The teacher came in and said he
would review with us for just a little bit, before the test. We went
through the review, most of it right on the study guide, but there were
some things he was reviewing that I had never heard. When questioned about
it, he said that they were in the book and that we were responsible for
everything in the book. We couldn't really argue with that.

Finally it was time to take the test. 

"Leave them face down on the desk until everyone has one and I'll tell you
to start," our professor instructed.

When we turned them over, every answer on the test was filled in! The
bottom of the last page said the following:

"This is the end of the Final Exam. All the answers on your test are
correct. You will receive an 'A' on the final exam. The reason you passed
the test is because the creator of the test took it for you. All the work
you did in preparation for this test did not help you get the A. You have
just experienced...grAce."

He then went around the room and asked each student individually, "What is
your grade? Do you deserve the grade you are receiving? How much did all
your studying for this exam help you achieve your final grade?"

Now I am not a crier by any stretch of the imagination, but I had to fight
back tears when answering those questions and thinking about how the
Creator had passed the test for me.

Discussion afterward went like this: "I have tried to teach you all
semester that you are a recipient of grace. I've tried to communicate to
you that you need to demonstrate this gift as you work with young people.
Don't hammer them; they are not the enemy. Help them, for they will carry
on your ministry, if it is full of GRACE!"

Talking about how some of us had probably studied hours and some just a
few minutes but had all received the same grade, he pointed to a story
Jesus told in Matthew 20. The owner of a vineyard hired people to work in
his field and agreed to pay them a certain amount. Several different times
during the day, he hired more workers. When it was time to pay them, they
all received the same amount. When the ones who had been hired first thing
in the morning began complaining, the boss said, "Should you be angry
because I am kind?" (Matthew 20:15).

The teacher said he had never done this kind of final before and probably,
would never do it again, but because of the content of many of our class
discussions, he felt like we needed to experience grace.

Have you thanked God today because of the grace you have
experienced?

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER: 

Dear God, I realize that many times humankind are broken,
I also realize You are the glue.
I pray for grace in my life.
I thank You in advance. 
In Jesus Christ's name... Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: God's grace is sufficient for me.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav'd a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
-John Newton


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