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Published: Nov. 29, 2012, 3:38 a.m.

Join us again this week as we continue our series, The Grace Effect. We hope you enjoy Pastor Shane speaking on grace experienced.

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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace\u2014only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. \u2013Anne Lamott

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Title of Message: Grace Experienced

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(Luke 7:47) (CEV) \u201cSo I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love.

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Grace won\u2019t ignore you because grace was created for you.

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(Hebrews 13:9) (NCV) \u201cDo not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God\u2019s grace, not by obeying rules\u201d

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(Psalm 103:2) (ESV) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

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Experience Grace:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Experience Forgiveness

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(John 8:2-5) At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, \u201cTeacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?\u201d

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(John 8:6-7) They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, \u201cIf any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.\u201d

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(John 8:8-10) Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.\xa0 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, \u201cWoman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?\u201d

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(John 8:11) \u201cNo one, sir,\u201d she said.\xa0 \u201cThen neither do I condemn you,\u201d Jesus declared. \u201cGo now and leave your life of sin.\u201d

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Grace is the face that God wears when He looks at my failures.

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2. Experience Freedom\xa0

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Confessors find a freedom that deniers don\u2019t because they find grace.

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(1 John 8-9) (NCV) If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.

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(Galatians 5:1) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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(2 Corinthians 12:9) \u201cEach time he said, \u201cMy grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.\u201d

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The grace-given give grace.

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Experience Family

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(Ephesians 1:5) (NLT) \u201cto adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.\xa0 And this gave him great pleasure.\u201d

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(Romans 8:15, 17) (NCV) \u201cbecome his children and call him our Father.\u2026 we are children, then we are heirs\u2014heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.\u201d

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Experience Friendship

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(Matthew 26:69) (NLT) Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, \u201cYou were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.\u201d

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(Matthew 26:70) (NLT) But Peter denied it in front of everyone. \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d he said.

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(Matthew 26:71-72) (NLT) Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around, \u201cThis man was with Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath. \u201cI don\u2019t even know the man,\u201d he said.

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(Matthew 26:73-74) (NLT) A little later some of the other bystanders came over to Peter and said, \u201cYou must be one of them; we can tell by your Galilean accent.\u201d\xa0 Peter swore, \u201cA curse on me if I\u2019m lying\u2014I don\u2019t know the man!\u201d And immediately the rooster crowed.

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(Matthew 26:75) Suddenly, Jesus\u2019 words flashed through Peter\u2019s mind: \u201cBefore the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.\u201d And he went away, weeping bitterly.

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(Mark 16:6-7) \u201cDon\u2019t be alarmed,\u201d he said. \u201cYou are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, \u2018He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.\u2019\u201d

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5.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Experience Forever

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(Hebrews 13:9) (NIV) \u201cIt is good that the heart be established by grace.\u201d

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Grace is the gift of feeling sure that our future, even our dying, is going to turn out more splendidly than we dare imagine. \u2013Lewis Smedes

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(Titus 2:11-12) \u201cFor the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say \u201cNo\u201d to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age\u201d

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(2 Timothy 2:1) \u201cbe strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.\u201d

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Do you know this grace?

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Do you trust this grace?

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(Proverbs 3:5) Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.