By Apostle Gospel Chukwuma Nnate (AGCN).

Proof Texts:
1 Corinthians 15:10
Ephesians 2:8-9
Zachariah 4:6-7

Introduction:
Grace is the free and undeserved favour from the Lord. It is the unmerited divine assistance from God. That is, God joining forces with you to in achieving your dreams. It is grace that terminates disgrace.

Grace are manifold. There are many kinds of grace:

1. Abundant grace. 1 Timothy 1:14
2. Sufficient grace. 2 Corinthians 12:9
3. Saving grace. Acts 15:11
4. Great grace. Acts 4:33
5. Exceeding grace. 1 Timothy 1:14
6. Manifold grace. 1 Peter 4:10
7. Wonderful grace. Acts 20:24

In everything there is grace attached. If God doesn’t give you the grace to succeed, you can’t succeed. There is grace for doing anything.

Until grace is given to you, you can’t do what you are doing well. There is grace to preach. Acts 20:32. It is by grace that you receive your inheritance. The knowledge of his grace is the cure to every disgrace.
*If you are not in grace you are bound to suffer disgrace.

All we need to be is grace. Grace is what we need to be. 1 Corinthians 15:10. Not your educational nor political background nor who you know. You can not become anything meaningful without His grace. It is not by your smartness. There are people that are smarter than you but they are not better than you.

There are some people that are more beautiful than you yet are not married. God resisted the proud but gives grace to the humble. There is grace to marry. Grace is great. Acts 4:33. God’s grace is sufficient and inexhaustible. Ephesians 2:7-9

God is full of grace. John 1:14.

An encounter with His grace places you in a high place in life. It is His grace that will place you high in life, not your educational qualification. Let no man boast of anything it is by His grace. Ephesians 2:8&9

Grace is the invisible personality of God that gives meaning to the visible labour of man. Whatever you are doing, no matter how small or great, it is the grace of God that makes it meaningful.

A life without his grace would experience struggle. A life that is void of his grace, struggle is inevitable. …struggle continues.

Grace simply means God in the race. If God is in your race your winning is guaranteed.

Grace does not leave a man the same way it met him. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10.
If grace meets you today as a nonentity it will make you a celebrity. When grace locates you, protocols are suspended. Laws are suspended whenever grace of God meets you. Grace of God makes one distinguished.

Why and when do we need His grace?

1. To empower us to flourish in our endeavours.
   It is not by power or by might but by the Spirit. Zechariah 4:6
   You don’t make money by strength. You don’t succeed by strength. By strength shall no man prevail. 1 Samuel 2:9.
   We need grace to flourish. Depend only on his grace for your success in life . Zachariah 4:6-7. If the grace of God is with you, nobody can harm you.
2. For endurance:
   We need grace to endure the persecutions of life. There is nothing you are going through now that someone else has not gone through before. 1 Corinthians 10:13
   That time you think that your own has finished, it is grace that will lift you up again. It is grace that will sustain you until you overcome.
3. To serve God
   You need grace to labour in the house of God without getting weary. 1 Corinthians 15:10
   Exodus 4:10-12
4. You need grace because helplessness and depression can cripple Christians.
   Depression if not handled, can cripple even the strong Christians. You need grace to fight depression and helplessness.

Grace is free. It is a gift but you need to get access to it. You must cue into it.
How do you have access to His grace and even increase in His grace?
It is important to note that someone could fall out of grace or increase in grace.

How to access grace:

1. You need salvation
   You need salvation to receive grace. God gives grace to everyone but increases His grace more and more to His children. Titus 2:11
   John 1:17, Ephesians 2:8
2. Consistent Prayer.
   If you receive grace and go to relax, then the grace will diminish. You need to pray always without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Acts 4:31. To be prayerful is to be grace full. The house of prayer is the house of grace. 2 Corinthians 9:14
3. Consistent word intake.
   The word access facilitates grace increase. Acts 20:32.
   2 peter 1:2-4. Continue to hear the word of God, it is a great access to receiving the grace of God.
4. Be humble.
   Be meek. Be teachable. If God remove grace from us, we would become a mere grass. Be teachable, learn from others. James 4:6, Proverbs 3:34.
   You don’t jump up to stay up, rather you climb up to stay up.
   God resists you if you are proud. 1 Peter 5:5-6

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