Title:
Unboxing The Gift Of Divine Grace Through Faith, Love And Sacrifice

Key Verse:
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

The Message:
Christmas has come and gone again. Today is Boxing Day. The day we unbox our gifts. What an exciting day for those who got gifts. For kids, it could be the latest toys, for adults it could be a phone, a dress, a book, a perfume (or singlet.lol) Whatever it is, it's exciting to unbox your gift today.
Like wise our Salvation.
On one very fateful Christmas day, God gave humanity the greatest gift of all. His only begotten Son, to die for us to live. To deliver us from sin and death. What a Sacrifice. John 3:16
It is as true today as it was over 2000 years ago. Due to the sin of one man, we all died (spiritually) and became slaves to sin in Adam (and Eve).
And due to the sacrifice of one man, we all have liberty and abundant life in Christ. Romans 5:12-21

Just as God gave us the Ultimate Gift, His Son.
Like wise Jesus Christ, gave us the greatest gift of all- GRACE.

Grace is a gift that is such a full package that it cannot be described.
Grace is God's secret to establish His Kingdom on earth.
To some it is Unmerited Favours, to others it is Abundant supply of all we need. Yet to others, it is more. Grace is everything we have in the Holy Spirit.

But if God has provided the Grace, why does it seem like we are missing something?
If God has provided all the Grace, why are we still suffering, struggling, falling sick, etc

It is simply because, Grace is God's Gift.
Unwrapping and unboxing the Grace is our part to play.

How Do We Unbox Grace?
-By Faith
-By Walking in Love and Truth
-By Our Sacrifices (Giving)

By Faith
Fear and Unbelief are the enemies of faith. As a human being, the first leap of Faith is to Believe in God. The next step is to Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
The rest is to seek His Kingdom and His Righteousness (Matthew 6:33l, knowing He is a rewarder of those who love and seek Him.
By growing our Faith and Love, we will be open to claim the promises of God released to us by Grace.
How do we grow in Faith?
By studying and meditating on the Word of God (Romans 10:17, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:1-3) and by praying in Spirit and walking in love. Jude 1:20-21

By Walking in Love and Truth
You have to love God, yourself and others. Mark12:30-31. You have to forgive genuinely, out of love. Mark 11:25-26
Until you love yourself, you cannot want to be a better person. Until you love others you cannot truly love God. You have to live in peace and forgiveness with everyone, knowing everyone is growing and not necessarily able to help themselves. You have to truly and humbly want to change for the better because you want the best for yourself and others, then you will keep accessing the Love and Grace of God.

By Our Sacrifices
What is Love? If not Sacrifice. How can we say we love God but can't make sacrifices? He loved us by sacrificing everything for us to be saved.
I hear people say they love God, but yet, we don't want to sacrifice our time to spend with God to study the Word,, to be in church and to serve God with the talent and skills he has given us. We don't want to sacrifice our money as if it is not God who provides it. We don't even want to sacrifice our habits, smoking, drinking, sex, food. We don't want to lower our standard (Ego and Pride) or even take offenses etc.
But Just as a man/woman sacrifices for the one (s)he loves, so also are our acts of sacrifice our expression of love towards God, who is much more worthy of our Love.
The Holy Spirit will continue to convict us of sin, righteousness and judgment. John 16:8
Yielding to Him is an expression of our Love.

In conclusion, the Grace has been made available to us. Grace has been gifted to us. It is up to us to Love God enough to sacrifice our selves for it, to keep building our faith to operate in the dimensions God has called us to.
We should hate sin and every unrighteousness. We should hate how sin and fear have crippled us personally to be struggling when we should have abundantly. We should hate how sin has limited us as creation of God. We should hate every attribute of the devil.
We should love to bear the fruit of the spirit and live in godliness.
By God's Grace, we have overcome sin and death and every lust of the world by Faith. We should be applying this faith as we are establishing God's Kingdom of Righteousness, Love, Peace, Mercy, Faith, Justice, Judgment, Freedom, Joy and Abundance every where in our own little way and effectively and together, all over the nations of the world.

Creation is truly waiting for our earnest manifestation, as Sons and Daughters of God. Romans 8:19
So help us God.

Closing Verse:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14