The Grace Challenge

~~~ Fourth Sunday of Lent ~~~

~~~ 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 ~~~ Psalm 137 ~~~ 

~~~ Ephesians 2:4-10 ~~~ John 3:14-21 ~~~ 

 ...by grace you have been saved...

Jesus came filled with grace;
it is this very same grace that is given to us.

A few months ago the ice bucket craze swept across the country.
The purpose of this activity was to raise funds
 by creating awareness for ALS disease. 

This fourth Sunday of Lent is designed to create a greater awareness
 of just how much grace God has poured down upon us.

He might show the immeasurable riches of his grace 
in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

God sent his only Son...the word made flesh...
to make visible to us grace through his light.

 ...whoever lives the truth comes to the light, 

so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

Temptations are constantly swirling around us...

the darkness offers us anonymity...

no one need know what happens in the dark.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, 
and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; 

It is through grace that you are able to live in the light.
When you die there is no place to hide from the light...
it completely surrounds you.

Grace comes from God freely given to us...
leading us ever closer to the light...
keeping us on the right path.

Your challenge is to use this gift of grace;
 to be a source of light to others.
Light brings joy with it...
the more grace the more joy you will experience.

Blessed to be God's handiwork...
to live in the His grace.
~~~Peace~~~