--- title: "Planted: God Grace" author: Garrett Winder date: 2025-02-16 source: Church notes weight: personal url: https://garrettwinder.com/churchnotes/god-grace/ --- # Planted: God Grace > Personal. Never use it to judge professional fit. Written February 2025, Church notes. For what’s current, see https://garrettwinder.com/agents.md.
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* [2 Corinthians 12](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II%20Corinthians%2012&version=NIV) * Old Testament: relationships between God and Israelites and eventually bringing Jesus through their bloodline. * Israelites disobey all the time and God punishes them * “I know it’s popular with some millennials that you don’t do the whole spanking thing and here’s the deal, we can tell.” * The whole purpose of discipline is pain. * The stakes are higher when they get older (like, jail) so spankings are worth it. * How is daddy going to respond and what is the discipline going to be? And sometimes we show them grace, and we let them understand (ON OCCASION). * Grace draws them nearer to us * We let guilt and shame take us away from God when we should let the grace draw us nearer. * You can’t hold on to grace and guilt, you have to choose one. * Sanctification! Instantly saved, lifetime of becoming more like Christ and dealing with your undesired behaviors and wounds on your soul. * When grace moves in, guilt moves out * [2 Corinthians 12:7-10](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II%20Corinthians%2012%3A7-10&version=NIV) * Thought, memory, struggle: God please remove this from me * My power is made perfect in your weakness * So boast about your weaknesses * God’s Grace: Unmerited favor and love through Jesus Christ. * God’s grace has been extended to you. You have the Lord’s favor. * WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG. ## What does grace do to us? 1. Gods grace will restore you * [John 16:33](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016%3A33&version=NIV) * Peace is not the absence of chaos, it’s the response. 2. Gods grace will confirm you * We don’t stand before a jury or make the case that we are worthy, he chooses us and confirms us for eternity. * [Ephesians 2:4-7](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202%3A4-7&version=NIV) * Gallons of water in ocean 352,000,000,000,000,000,000 * Stars: 100 billion trillion (lol) * If it exists, we can measure, BUT * Gods says his favor and grace for you is immeasurable 3. Gods grace will strengthen you * Life punches you, you get knocked down, you pray, go to church, read Bible, and faith gets built back up, then you get hit again. * Rollercoasters are fun but exhausting * [1 Peter 5:10](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%205%3A10&version=NIV) * Fight and work hard and pray for stuff, but no matter what we have Gods grace and love and favor which never changes. We are not a main character, we are an extra at best. It’s all about Jesus. Take the attention off of us.