Biblical teaching on grace.

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Bringing Grace To
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2. Jeremiah 11:20 But you, LORD Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me
see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Jeremiah 17:10 “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to
their conduct,according to what their deeds deserve.”
Deuteronomy 11:18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your
hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Psalm 26:2 Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;
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3. Acts 4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was
their own, but they shared everything they had.
Philippians 4:6 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident
to all.The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 10:16 ”This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my
laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."
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Grace is a Mind-Bender and Heart-Render

6. ”Wholehearted”

7. I’m not doing enough.
I’m not spiritual enough
I should appreciate my family more.
I’m not impressive enough at the of
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ce.
I don’t know what God’s will for my life is right now
I don’t know what I should know at this point in my life.
Wholehearted - A battle of the Mind

8. Every night you’re trying to prove your self-worth. It’s like meeting your girlfriend’s
family for the
fi
rst time.You want to be the absolute best, wittiest, smartest, most
charming, best-smelling version of yourself. If I can make people enjoy the
experience and have a higher regard for me when I’m
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nished, it makes me feel like
an entire person. If I’ve come short of that, I’m not happy. How things go for me every
night is how I feel about myself for the next 24 hours.
- David Letterman
Wholehearted - A battle of the Mind

9. 2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is suf
fi
cient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that
Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses,
in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in dif
fi
culties. For when I am weak, then I am
strong.
Wholehearted - A battle of the Mind

10. Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera.When we are feeling shame, the
camera is zoomed in tight, and all we see is our
fl
awed selves, alone and struggling.
Shame feels like a kind of slime that clings tenaciously to us, impossible to wash
away.
Wholehearted - A battle of the Mind

11. I believe that its presence is the fuel for our perfectionism, which ultimately leads us
to burnout and exhaustion. In shame, we hide behind masks that protect us from
ourselves and others.
In shame, we live divided lives that rob us of wholeness and peace. Divided and
fragmented, we work tirelessly to perfect ourselves but only end up exhausting
ourselves.This is our common story. No one is immune.
Wholehearted - A battle of the Mind

12. Wholehearted
Fully connected to God’s grace.

13. Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure.We learn at a very young age that
failure is the norm in baseball, and, precisely because we have failed, we hold in high regard those who
fail less often — those who hit safely in one out of three chances and become star players. I also
fi
nd it
fascinating that baseball, alone in sport, considers errors to be part of the game, part of its rigorous truth.
-Fay Vincent, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Grace is Like Baseball

14. Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure.We learn at a very young age that
failure is the norm in baseball, and, precisely because we have failed, we hold in high regard those who
fail less often — those who hit safely in one out of three chances and become star players. I also
fi
nd it
fascinating that baseball, alone in sport, considers errors to be part of the game, part of its rigorous truth.
-Fay Vincent, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Grace is Like Baseball

15. WE NEED MORE STRIKE OUTS!
What is something you tried but it didn’t work out?
How have you stepped out on faith?
Grace is Like Baseball

16. The Greatest Commandment
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e Head and the Heart

17. Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength.
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18. When you head and your heart are in alignment, this is wholeness.
Wholehearted?
Grace brings Wholeness