Grace Built People, Grace Bomb People
This past Sunday, we had the privilege of welcoming Pastor Patrick Linnell from Bay Area Community Church in Annapolis, Maryland, and Founder of a new series called Grace Bomb that we are so excited to get behind. This message explains much of what Grace Bomb is and the motivation behind starting. For even more info than what we will be discussing here, you can find more information at their website here. If you were not able to make it to our Gathering this past Sunday, know that we missed you and hope to be able to see you this upcoming Sunday!
We just got done with our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting to finish out the first month of 2020 strong, and this new series Grace Bomb has all of us very excited about what kind of impact we can continue to make in our community! ‘Grace Bombing’ people comes from a very specific verse in Scripture, one that is fairly popular but some of it seems to always be pointed at over the other. In Ephesians 2:8-10 we see, ‘For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.’ We have been saved by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ - a give that was given to us. This is good, this is great in fact, but the part of the verse that may sound more familiar to you; but what about the latter part of the verse? We have been created in Christ Jesus for good works; not as a means of salvation, but as a display of loving-kindness to our fellow man - our good works shine Jesus’ light into the darkness of our world.
Not only have we been created for works, but we have been created for many things, as evidence of our salvation.
We are called to…
Abound – 2 Corinthians 9:8 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Be Fruitful –Colossians 1:10 …walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…
Be Zealous – Titus 2:14 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Sacrifice – Hebrews 13:16 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Where ‘Grace Bomb’ comes in involves picking up physical cards with information that the recipient will be able to go to Grace Bomb’s website with more info about what has happened to them. The website explains, with a video from Pat Linnell, that what just happened was a selfless gift from a follower of Jesus, who wanted to bless them with a random act of kindness.
Pat explained the system that Grace Bomb operates on:
Load: Do your day, your everyday life; be conscious about taking your cards with you of the day.
Listen: Look and Listen for “the Nudge”. This is the Spirit’s prompting of your divine appointment to be able to bless your neighbor.
Let’er Go! Drop your Grace Bomb anonymously or face to face - whatever way it comes to mind, act and how to leave the message will be natural.
Grace Built People, Grace Bomb People - we have all been saved by grace, as a gift from God and we need to embrace our calling to bless those around us. We also can’t wait to be able to hear about the various stories of Grace Bombing, or being Grace Bombed - share your stories on Social Media, and encourage others to get involved!
SOME KEY TAKE-AWAYS
Grace Built People, Grace Bomb People - Grace Built People, Grace Bomb People - we have all been saved by grace, as a gift from God and we need to embrace our calling to bless those around us.
Main Scripture Verses: Eph. 2:8-10; 2 Cor. 9:8; Col. 1:10; Titus 2:14; Heb. 13:16.
Grace Built People - We are all saved by grace through faith, this is a gift from God - we could not be who we are, nor do what we do without Jesus’ sacrifice.
Grace Bomb People - Because we are saved by grace, we should be actively seeking to extend grace to those around us - extend God’s love to anyone we come in contact with.
LOAD, LISTEN, LET’RE GO - Make sure to keep cards on you during your day, listen to the calling of the Holy Spirit for when to drop a Grace Bomb - finally, go through with it and drop your Grace Bomb!
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Join us next Sunday as we hear from Elder Adam Weyer, continuing in our Grace Bomb series!
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