Grace – the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we’ve done to earn it. It’s a gift.
Throughout Scripture, we find God helping those who cannot help themselves.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling place.
Psalm 68:5 New International Version (NIV)
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 15:11 (NIV)
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 23:22 (NIV)
What does this have to do with us today?
God wants US to be His hands and feet!
God has a special place in His heart for the least, the last, and the lost.
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 (NIV)
For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (NIV)
For God so love the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)