Grace Fellowship Church

Stirring You Up by Way of Reminder

Closing Thought: God sanctifies His people by stirring them up through the preaching of His Word. Through repeated reminders and truth remembered, He continually awakens us to live holy lives in preparation for the day we stand before Him. To be stirred up again and again is not a burden, nor is it to be despised. It is God's gracious mercy for which we ought to be thankful.

Commending You to the Lord

Today, Grace Fellowship Church, of Davenport, IA, commended and sent 11 members of the church and their families to plant a new church in West Liberty, IA.

The Work of Confirming Our Calling in Christ (P1)

Closing Thought: Because God's grace has made us partakers of the divine nature and supplied everything we need for a holy life, Peter calls us to make every effort to work out the new life we have received in Christ. We do this by deliberately developing the qualities we have been given through him and that he lived out perfectly in his earthly life. And if our lives appear ineffective or unfruitful, the remedy is not passivity or despair, but renewed diligence in supplementing the faith God has graciously given us. So, by the grace of God and to the glory of Christ; Let's go to work!

Divine Power for Holy Living

Closing Thought: God's divine power has called us by the glory and excellence of Christ Jesus. He has given us precious and very great promises, and through those promises has brought us into His life even now, freeing us from the corruption of sinful desire and producing real godliness. Therefore, holiness is neither self-made nor optional: it is the gracious outworking of God's power in us now and the sure pathway to the glory that awaits us.

A Faith of Equal Standing

Closing Thought: Beloved, the faith we have obtained is the same faith given to the apostles, equal in standing and precious in worth. And by that faith we grow in the knowledge of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, so that grace and peace may be multiplied in our lives. Amen.