Inside and Out

By the mercies of God, because of what Christ has done for us, we present our lives to God as a living sacrifice in worship, a summation of how we have lived for the week. Knowing, believing, and living in the grace of God has a transformative effect. Fear that we may fail will keep us from boldly exercising the gifts God has given us. But fear is incompatible with faith. If we understand that grace of God, we know that even our failures cannot separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. We we are bold to exercise our gifts in the body. Understanding grace also means that we accept those who have gifts that differ from ours and rejoice in them.