Today we continue our series entitled “Living the Grace Life,” where we will learn to embrace and walk in God’s unmerited, unearned, and often undeserved favor throughout 2025.
Key scriptures for this year:
2 Corinthians? ?9?:?8? ?TPT??
“Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.”
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??Galatians? ?5?:?4? ?TPT??
“If you want to be made right with God by fulfilling the obligations of the law, you have cut off more than your flesh—you have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from the revelation of grace!”
Romans? ?6?:?14? ?ERV??
“Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.”
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1 Corinthians? ?15?:?10? ?NIV??
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”
Additional scriptures for today:
Galatians 6:12-13 TPT
“All those who insist that you be circumcised are recruiting you so they can boast in their own works. They are attempting to avoid the persecution that comes with preaching the liberating message of the cross of Messiah! Not even those who are circumcised keep every detail of the written law. Yet they push you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you have become like them.”
Setting the Stage:
The more I have studied the grace of God, the more I have realized how radical it is. Opening your heart to God’s grace challenges everything. Most of us have been conditioned to believe in success, performance, religion, and personal worth (where taking personal credit is concerned). In a world that constantly measures value through achievement, God’s grace offers a completely different paradigm – one where your worth is not determined by what you do, but by who you are in Christ.
Grace is so radical that religious people fought Jesus over it, and they still fight it today.
Why? Because grace declares that your acceptance with God is not based on your performance, but on Christ’s finished work.
When you truly grasp grace, you realize that God’s acceptance of you isn’t hanging on your performance. His blessing isn’t contingent on your ability to meet certain standards. He has already provided everything you need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). This liberating truth sets you free to pursue excellence without the crushing weight of trying to earn what has already been freely given. It enables you to attempt things beyond your natural ability because you’re no longer limited by what you can do – you’re empowered by what He has already done.
So, what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. The Fight Against Grace-Based Living.
The religious mindset has always fought against the message of pure grace. Why? Because grace removes the ability for humans to take credit. When Paul preached grace, he faced tremendous opposition – not from sinners, but from religious people. The same holds true today. Many believers prefer a performance-based approach because it gives them something to boast about. They want to be able to say, “Look what I did for God!” But grace says, “Look what God did for me!” This is why Paul said they were “attempting to avoid the persecution that comes with preaching the liberating message of the cross.” The cross eliminates human boasting. It makes it clear that Jesus performed FOR us. We don’t work to be blessed. We work FROM blessing. We don’t perform to be accepted. We perform because we are already accepted.
How this applies to you:
— When you understand grace, you stop trying to prove your value to God or others. You don’t have to prove it to God, because God has convinced you that your value to Him is settled. You don’t have to prove anything to others, because you believe what God believes about you, whether others recognize it or not.
— Grace frees you from the exhausting cycle of working FOR acceptance and blessing. You can now work FROM a position of acceptance, knowing God’s favor is already yours.
— In the workplace, this transforms how you approach leadership and success.
— You no longer need to constantly prove your worth through achievement.
— This enables you to lead from grace-based confidence rather than performance anxiety.
— You can create environments where people thrive on purpose, not pressure.
— Grace positions you to pursue excellence without the burden of earning acceptance.
— In meetings and presentations, you operate from divine confidence, not human striving. You are not jockeying for position. You know who you are, and you operate from a position of confidence and purpose.
— Your leadership style shifts from demanding performance to developing potential, because you strive to see (in people) what God sees in them.
2. Grace Seems Too Good to Be True.
The message of grace often faces resistance because it seems almost too good to be true. It’s easier to believe in a God who requires perfect performance than One who makes us perfect through Christ’s performance. Our minds naturally gravitate toward earning and deserving. But God’s grace transcends human logic. God’s goodness toward you cannot be earned – it can only be believed and received. As Paul emphasized in Romans 11:6, grace and works are mutually exclusive. The moment you try to earn grace, it ceases to be grace. It becomes payment for services rendered rather than a gift freely given.
How this applies to you:
— Free yourself from the mindset that you must earn every blessing and breakthrough.
— Let grace transform your approach to goal-setting and achievement. You set goals and attempt to achieve them with a spirit of excellence because you believe it is what God is leading you to do, not because you are driven by self-based ambition.
— If you own a business, you seek to build it based on God’s purpose for your business, rather than just human effort. This means you develop business strategies based on the leading of the Holy Spirit and on God’s faithfulness towards His plans for the business.
— Understanding this, you create work environments that celebrate both excellence and grace. You want to be excellent, but not because you want to exalt yourself. You want to be excellent because you are doing what you are doing for God, and God is excellent!
— You approach challenges knowing God’s provision precedes your performance. In other words, when God is leading you, you rest in the fact that “it” (whatever “it” is, is already done).
— You develop a leadership style that inspires people through grace rather than drives them through pressure.
— You also make decisions from a position of divine authorization rather than human qualification. This means you have the audacity to attempt things God is leading you to do, even if the world would say you are not qualified.
— Leading this way, you approach project management and project planning in a way that leaves room for the Holy Spirit. In other words, you plan, but if you are led to SHIFT, you are quick to adjust to align with what you believe God is leading you to do.
3. Embracing Liberating Grace.
Paul describes grace as “liberating” because it frees us from the bondage of self-effort and performance-based acceptance. When you fully embrace grace, you understand that God’s assignment far exceeds your qualifications. His blessing isn’t contingent on your performance but on His goodness. This liberation enables you to attempt things far beyond your natural ability because you’re no longer limited by your capabilities – you’re empowered by His grace. You become free to believe what God believes about you and to pursue what He has called you to do, not because you’re good enough, but because He is faithful.
How this applies to you:
— When you fully embrace the grace of God, you pursue God-sized goals without the fear of inadequacy.
— You take Spirit-led risks, knowing grace empowers beyond natural ability; you put all your trust and confidence in God.
— As a grace-based leader, you can build organizations and teams that thrive on divine potential rather than human capacity. Leading this way, you often see things in people they do not see in themselves, and God uses you to help develop what you see.
— God’s grace frees you to innovate without the fear of failure. Even if things don’t work out, you still know that God will see you through any setbacks, so you are free to attempt things you would never attempt if you were relying on human ability alone.
— Leading this way, you minister grace to others by celebrating progress over perfection.
— Living this way, you design your workday schedule with built-in margins for divine interruptions and opportunities. You schedule time to pray, and you are open to divine shifts.
— You develop email and communication practices that reflect grace-based responsiveness rather than reacting in the flesh.
— You transform client and team relationships by leading with grace-powered solutions rather than pressure-based demands.
4. Glorying in Weakness: A Paradoxical Path to Strength.
Paul reached a profound revelation when he learned to glory in his weaknesses (2 Cor 12:9-10). This seems counterintuitive, especially in today’s Instagram culture of projecting strength and perfection and hiding vulnerability. But Paul discovered that his weaknesses became the very platform for God’s power to be displayed. When he reached the end of his ability, God’s ability kicked in. Where human strength ended, divine power began. This principle revolutionizes our understanding of both personal and professional success. True strength isn’t about hiding weaknesses or compensating for them – it’s about letting them become access points for God’s supernatural grace.
How this applies to you:
— Developing this mindset helps you transform limitations into opportunities for divine manifestation.
— You create environments where vulnerability becomes a strength rather than a liability. In other words, you give your people room to grow and help them develop into who God called them to be.
— You approach challenges knowing your inadequacy qualifies you for God’s adequacy.
— You let your areas of weakness become showcases for God’s grace.
— You develop strategies that depend more on divine wisdom than human expertise.
— You create success metrics that value both spiritual growth and professional achievement. In other words, you are quick to give God the glory for what He is doing through you and your team.
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I thank You for the liberating power of Your amazing grace.
I declare that I no longer strive to earn what You have freely given through Christ.
Your grace frees me from performance-based living and empowers me to walk in divine potential.
My weaknesses are no longer limitations, but platforms for Your extraordinary power.
I release the need to prove my worth and accept my value as SETTLED in Christ.
I lead, work, and live from a position of grace-empowered confidence.
Where my ability ends, Your supernatural power begins.
My life is a testimony of Your grace, transforming both my spiritual and professional realms.
Living this way, I experience THE GRACE LIFE in 2025 and beyond, and GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and prosper!
