Grace has been defined as the Love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it.

Not necessarily because of anything we have done to earn it, simply generous, free and totally unexpected and undeserved.

Taking the form of divine favor, Love, clemency, and a share in the divine life of God. It is an attribute of God that is most manifest in the salvation of sinners.

God is willing to forgive us and bless us, despite the fact that we fall short of living righteously.

Grace is the Love of God shown to the unlovely; the peace of God given to the restless; the unmerited favor of God.

Grace is God’s best idea. His decision to ravage a people by Love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.

Grace works without requiring anything on our part. It is not expensive. It is not even cheap. It is free.

Grace does not make demands. It just gives.

Grace refuses to be controlled by your innate sense of fairness, reciprocity, and evenhandedness.

It defies your logic. It has nothing to do with earning, merit, or deservedness. It is opposed to what is owed.

It does not expect a return on investments. It is a liberating contradiction between what you deserve and what you get.

Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.

Grace is one-way love.

Grace is a gift, pure and simple. You might insist on trying to pay, but the balance has been settled (and your money is no good).

Longing for hope in a world of hype, grace emancipates you from the burden to get it all right, from the obligation to fix yourself, find yourself, and free yourself.

It frees you from having to be perfect. It frees you from having to hold it all together. You might even find energy.

There are no strings attached. No ifs, ands, or buts. No qualifiers or conditions. No need for balance. A source of inexhaustible hope and joy for an exhausted world.

Grace is most needed, and best understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness.

We live in a world of earning, deserving, and merit, and these result in judgment. That is why everyone wants and needs grace. Judgment kills.

Grace is the opposite of karma, which is all about getting what you deserve. Grace is getting what you do not deserve, and not getting what you do deserve.

Only grace makes you alive.