{"id":234,"date":"2025-05-17T00:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=234"},"modified":"2025-05-16T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:48:26","slug":"gods-grace-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-17\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17
\nBut God,\u00a0who is rich in mercy, because of His\u00a0great love with which He loved us,\u00a0even when we were dead in trespasses,\u00a0made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),<\/em>
\nEphesians 2:4-5 NKJV<\/p>\n

Message:
\n\u201cBy grace you have been saved\u201d Paul says it twice in Ephesians 2: 5 and 8
\nFor by grace you have been saved\u00a0<\/em>through faith, and that not of yourselves;\u00a0it is\u00a0the gift of God,\u00a0Ephesians 2:8 NKJV<\/p>\n

We were saved by grace because of God\u2019s rich mercy and His great love.
\nWe were saved through faith, a faith that even God provided.
\nOur salvation was totally a gift of God to us who were dead in our sins, unable to save ourselves.<\/p>\n

Paul also tells us in Ephesians 2:7 why God did this:
\n<\/em>\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in\u00a0His\u00a0kindness toward us in Christ Jesus<\/em><\/p>\n

Saints, we have a lot to be thankful for!\u00a0 Praise God for His rich mercy, great love and wonderful saving grace!<\/p>\n

\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17 But God,\u00a0who is rich in mercy, because of His\u00a0great love with which He loved us,\u00a0even when we were dead in trespasses,\u00a0made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:4-5 NKJV Message: \u201cBy grace you have been saved\u201d Paul says it twice in Ephesians 2: 5…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[233,3,181,236,180,90,232,150,231,234,3303,230,182,235,30,32],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods-grace","tag-christ-jesus","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-ephesians-24-5","tag-ephesians-27","tag-ephesians-28","tag-god","tag-god-given-faith","tag-gods-grace","tag-great-love","tag-in-christ","tag-may-2025","tag-rich-mercy","tag-salvation","tag-saving-grace","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-17-Ephjesians-2-4-5.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":234,"position":0},"title":"God\u2019s Grace–Day 6","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 6 \u201cWe believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.\u201d\u00a0 Acts 15:11 NLT Message: These words were spoken by Peter the apostle of Jesus Christ at the Jerusalem Council where the Jews were in conflict regarding salvation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-6-Acts-15.11","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG-6-Acts-15.11.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":261,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-24\/","url_meta":{"origin":234,"position":1},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 24","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 24 And if God chose them by grace, then it is not for the things they have done. 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