In Touch Daily Devotional July 2, 2023, Sunday Inspirational Message
Read In Touch Daily Devotional July 2, 2023 Sunday Message by Dr. Charles Stanley
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Sunday Check-in With Dr. Stanley: The Truth of Grace
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 5:10-11
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
MESSAGE: Through God’s grace, we’ve received everything we need for righteous living: forgiveness of our sins, peace with our Creator, the Holy Spirit within us, and access to our Father through prayer (Hebrews 4:16). God promises to act on our behalf and meet our needs. Even His correction is an expression of love: “He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness” (Hebrews 12:10).
Knowing that divine grace comes with all those benefits, we can live with:
• Assurance. Our relationship with God is secure, and that status will never change. Nothing man says or does can affect our relationship with the Lord (John 10:28).
• Confidence. God is always working to carry out His good, pleasing, and perfect will—and His plan cannot be thwarted.
• Hope. One day we will receive resurrected bodies, take our place as co-heirs with Jesus, and dwell with Him forever.
As followers of Jesus, we remain in the grace of God no matter how many mistakes we’ve made. Even when we feel discouraged, these truths about His love remain unchanged because they were never based on our efforts in the first place. It is “by means of Christ Jesus” (1 Pet. 5:10 NLT) that God is gracious and shares His goodness with every believer.
Bible in One Year: Psalm 112-118
Reflect: Believers receive God’s precious gifts because of His goodness, not their own.
In Touch Daily Devotional July 2, 2023. Charles Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Stanley’s heart’s desire is to get the gospel to “as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.
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