{"id":268,"date":"2025-05-26T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=268"},"modified":"2025-05-25T19:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:44:43","slug":"gods-grace-day-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-26\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 26
\nFor God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time\u2014to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a02Timothy 1:9 NLT<\/p>\n

Message: <\/u>
\nOver and over, we are seeing verse after verse throughout the Bible telling us that God saved us by His grace.\u00a0 We did not deserve to be saved.\u00a0 We did nothing to earn our salvation.\u00a0 It was all God\u2019s idea from the beginning of time because He wanted to have a relationship with us.\u00a0 He wanted us to live a life of holiness, peace, purpose and joy and He knew the only way that was possible was for Him to save us by sending His Son to be the bearer of our sins.<\/p>\n

That grace has now been revealed by the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ. He has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the\u00a0<\/em>gospel, 2<\/i>Timothy 1:10 NCB<\/p>\n

Take time today to pray this prayer of thanks to God if you have been saved by His grace.
\nDear God,
\nThank You for saving me and calling me to live a holy life, not because I deserved it, but because that was Your plan from before the beginning of time.\u00a0 You wanted to show me Your grace through Christ Jesus, and I am so thankful that You did!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are reading this and you have not yet been saved by His grace, I would invite you to click this link—> God’s Plan<\/strong> <\/a><—for more information on how and why God is calling you to live a holy life and to receive His salvation through Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

\u00a92023\u00a0 SGLY Ministry\u00a0 www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 26 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time\u2014to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.\u00a0 \u00a02Timothy 1:9 NLT Message: Over and over, we are seeing verse…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[274,273,233,3,150,275,277,276,3303,63,182,183,30,32],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods-grace","tag-2timothy-110","tag-2timothy-19","tag-christ-jesus","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-gods-grace","tag-gods-plan","tag-gospel","tag-holy-life","tag-may-2025","tag-relationship","tag-salvation","tag-saved-by-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-26-2Timothy-1.9.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":268,"position":0},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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\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-17-Ephjesians-2-4-5","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-17-Ephjesians-2-4-5.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":268,"position":1},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 6","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 6, 2025","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\/2023\/05\/GG-6-Acts-15.11-1.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":203,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":268,"position":2},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 8","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 8 I don\u2019t ignore the grace of God, because if we become righteous through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose.\u00a0 Galatians 2:21 Message: The grace of God is most important! 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