Grace Participant's Guide: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine

by Max Lucado

Overview

Grace.

We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We talk as though we know what grace means.

But do we really understand it? Have we settled for wimpy grace? It politely occupies a phrase in a hymn, fits nicely on a church sign. Never causes trouble or demands a response. When asked, “Do you believe in grace?” who could say no?

Max Lucado asks a deeper question: Have you been changed by grace? Shaped by grace? Strengthened by grace? Emboldened by grace? Softened by grace? Snatched by the nape of your neck and shaken to your senses by grace?

God’s grace has a drenching about it. A wildness about it. A white-water, riptide, turn-you-upside-downness about it. Grace comes after you. It rewires you. From insecure to God secure. From regret riddled to better-because-of-it. From afraid to die to ready to fly.

Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.

Let’s make certain grace gets you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401675844
Publisher:	HarperChristian Resources
Publication date:	09/10/2012
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,153,136
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Why Study with a Small Group? 11

How to Study with a Small Group 13

How to Use This Guide 15

Session 1 The Grace-Shaped Life 17

Session 2 Jesus Stooped Low to Take Our Place 33

Session 3 You Can Rest Now 43

Session 4 Accepting the Gift of Wet Feet 53

Session 5 Coming Clean Within Grace that Abounds 63

Session 6 Chosen to a Guaranteed Place in the Family 73

Session 7 Sustaining and Sufficient Grace 81