Grace Is Greater: God's Plan to Overcome Your Past, Redeem Your Pain, and Rewrite Your Story

by Kyle Idleman

Our ability to appreciate grace is in direct correlation to the degree to which we acknowledge our need for it.

If we miss the reality and the depth of our sin, we miss out on the grace of God.

“If the biggest sinner you know isn’t you, then you don’t know yourself very well.”

before we collide with the grace of God, we must collide with the truth of our own sin.

Jesus knows everything you ever did, but he wants to make sure you know that his grace is greater.

Shame is more connected to your identity, while regret tends to be about something specific you did or did not do.

Regret should lead to remorse, and remorse should lead to repentance

Grace has the power to redeem regret.

Jesus made it clear that you can’t receive God’s grace and then refuse to give it to others.

Unresolved anger is an open door the devil can walk through and use to gain access to the rest of the rooms in our house.

Whining is the opposite of worship, and complaining is the rival of grace.

God doesn’t waste our pain but rather can use it and work in it to call our hearts closer to him.

In our pain, we discover the presence of Jesus in a way that we never would have otherwise.

As long as we can have confidence that pain has a purpose, we can find the strength to endure.

Reason wants a logical explanation that will make sense out of something that has happened. Purpose offers us a hope that whatever has happened God can work for good.