Grace Wins

Grace Wins by Matthew West

My life has been a whirl wind the last two weeks.  Good stuff! Katy graduation from college, Micah ^nd and at Vineyard Community Church on the 29^th.  Got nothing planned in June but rest. J  So I am sorry I missed last weeks devo.

and Michele getting married, Bible Reading Marathon (which included lack of sleep marathon), and the National Day of Prayer.  Still to come in May: David and Elizabeth baby due any day, Melody graduates, some ministry meetings, preaching at Pastor Ben’s Church- Iglesia la Vid Verdadera on the 22

There is a song by Matthew West called Grace Wins.  It is a good phrase on which to meditate.  Where do you find the hardest struggle to accept grace?  Is it falling short of a standard of perfection that you have established for yourself?  Is it the struggle of breaking free of an addiction or the bondage of failing at a consistent sin?  Are you so pride filled that you are not sure how grace fits for you, but you see how many other people need it?

You will never be “good enough” to deserve grace…never.  The only real qualification is that you “don’t deserve it”.  Grace points out our inability to be perfect, and then erases the picture as if it had never been drawn.  Then God re-establishes the relationship with you and Himself as if nothing had ever changed in your closeness.  Grace Wins.

I would love for you to share a story where grace wins.  The prodigal son has his story, the woman at the well has her story….and you have your story.

If you haven’t heard the song before..here is a youtube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JXl1czvh7g

Here are the lyrics

In my weakest moment I see you 
Shaking your head in disgrace 
I can read the disapointment 
Written all over your face

Here comes those whispers in my ear
Saying who do you think you are
Looks like you're on your own from here
Cause grace could never reach that far

But, in the shadow of that shame
Beat down by all the blame
I hear you call my name sayin it's not over
And my heart starts to beat
So loud now, drowning out the doubt
I'm down but I'm not out

There's a war between guilt and grace
And they're fighting for a sacred space
But I'm living proof
Grace wins every time

No more lying down in death's defeat
Now I'm rising up in victory
Singing hallelujah
Grace wins every time

Words can't describe the way it feels
When mercy floods a thirsty soul
A broken side begins to heal
And grace returns what guilt has stole

And, in the shadow of that shame
Beat down by all the blame
I hear you call my name sayin it's not over
And my heart starts to beat
So loud now, drowning out the doubt

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I'm down but I'm not out

There's a war between guilt and grace
And they're fighting for a sacred space
But I'm living proof
Grace wins every time

No more lying down in death's defeat
Now I'm rising up in victory
Singing hallelujah
Grace wins every time

For the prodigal son, grace wins
For the woman at the well, grace wins
For the blind man and the beggar, grace wins
For always and forever, grace wins
For the lost out on the street, grace wins
For the worst part of you and me, grace wins
For the theif on the cross, grace wins
For a world that it lost

There's a war between guilt and grace
And they're fighting for a sacred space
But I'm living proof
Grace wins every time

No more lying down in death's defeat
Now I'm rising up in victory
Singing hallelujah
Grace wins every time

Every time
I'm living proof grace wins every time
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