Saving Grace Quotes

“We want God to show us the “practical” things. Who should I marry? What career should I pursue? We want guidance, but Jesus wants to give us himself. Jesus is the light of the world: he is the answer. He wants to show his glory in our lives.”
― C John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Jesus was born under the law of God and took on himself the condemnation we deserved for our sin. Now the full legal rights of adoption are given to us who are in Christ by faith.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“When you get alone with God and begin to pray, you learn your insignificance. You see how big and powerful God is, and suddenly, the whole of your life becomes worship and praise.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Recognizing and confessing sin is a normal part of the Christian life. God didn’t declare us righteous because of Christ and then leave us to wallow in sin. Rather, he has an ongoing strategy for us that involves getting rid of more and more sin. It’s like living in a dim room that appears clean, and then pulling up the shades or turning on the light, only to see that it is really dusty and dirty. Even though the room feels dirtier now than before, the dirt was there all along. When we walk in the light of the Lord and struggle to love people, we begin to see more things wrong with us. What’s more, the devil says, “There’s no hope for you. God couldn’t love somebody as bad as you.” The truth is that all along you were this bad, this messed up, and this selfish. It was only as the light came in that you saw all these problems. This is a signal, not for despair, but for hope! Don’t be depressed by what you see, but rather learn to own up to your sins by faith and disown them by confessing them. If you confess your sins, they really are forgiven. You can go forward to love others in ways you never dreamed possible.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Suppose you have shown a lot of mercy to someone. But they haven’t ever thanked you or acknowledged what you have done. When that happens to me, my instinct is to want to choke that person. But when you know God’s mercy to you in Christ, when you know the forgiveness of sins, your hands are so full of God’s good gifts of mercy and grace that you don’t have a hand free to choke anyone.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Our natural tendency is to judge and condemn others. But here we find that, because of the cross we’ve been freed from God’s curse and liberated as sons and daughters. We are now free to humble ourselves and walk along with someone who is erring, even if they’ve sinned in a way that may be very terrible. When you bear each other’s burdens, what you are carrying is the burden of the other person’s sin. What motivates you is your compassion. You come alongside the sinner, not trying to crush them, but putting your arm around him or her as much as you can, as if to say, “Jesus loves you, so do I, and we want you to know this.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“I wanted a well-organized church, and it was—as well organized as the local cemetery and just as dead. In my life and in my preaching there was no touch of the love of God, no grace. When we come to the impossible and are broken again and again, that’s when we cry out to Jesus for grace. That’s what changes yourself and others. That’s the heart of growing to be like Christ.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“When we underestimate the holiness of God and the greatness of God’s love, then it’s easy for us to worry, to be full of self-effort, to compare ourselves with others.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Many times, we don’t think bringing nothing is good enough; we want to do something that sounds more active—we want to be told what to do, what steps to take. But the biggest change that can have the biggest impact happens on the inside. Come empty-handed to God; he will give you everything; he will give you himself.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“You will never have strong faith unless you cultivate a knowledge of God’s character, not only by studying the Bible, but also by looking back over your life and reinterpreting it as evidence of God’s purpose to bring you closer to him.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Never again look at your sins apart from Christ. You can’t handle them. You’ll either suppress them and deny that they’re there, or if you see how bad they are, they will overwhelm you. Learn to view your mistakes, your failings, and your transgressions in the light of Jesus’s forgiveness.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Many times we act as though we are mere spectators at the race. We cheer on those Christians who are in the race, but we ourselves sit on the sidelines and watch. But Paul is telling us that we’ve been justified, we’ve been pardoned, and we’ve been made sons and daughters that we might run! If you’re mature, you must think of yourself as a runner, not a spectator. When it comes to knowing God in Jesus Christ, there is no such thing as a spectator sport. We are not justified to sit; we are justified to run.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“You can’t say that the law is the power of God unto salvation. The law is the will of God, but it is certainly not the power of God to save people.”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12”
― C. John Miller, Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller