GOD’S HEALING GRACE

What’s So Amazing about Grace (3 of 9)

Psalm 147:3

INTRODUCTION Ps 147:3; Rom 12:2; Prov 23:7

“God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Ps 147:3 NIV)

How Does God Heal A Broken Heart?

By Changing the Way we Think

“Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” (Rom 12:2 NLT)

Because of His Grace, God says …

I. I AM ACCEPTABLE Rom 15:7; 1 Pet 2:9; Ps 27:10

“... Christ has accepted you.” (Rom 15:7 NIV)

“You have been chosen by God Himself.” (1 Pet 2:9 LB)

“Even if my mother and father forsake me, the Lord will receive me.”

(Ps 27:10 NIV)

II. I AM VALUABLE 1 Jn 4:4; 1 Pet 1:18-19; 1 Cor 7:23; Isa 43:4

“You belong to God...” (1 Jn 4:4 CEV)

“You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold. Instead, you were bought by the priceless blood of Christ.” (1 Pet 1:18-19 NIRV)

III. I AM LOVEABLE Isa 54:10

“The mountains and hills may crumble but My love for you will never end; so says the Lord who loves you.” (Isa 54:10 GN)

A. God’s Love is Consistent

B. God’s Love is Unconditional

IV. I AM FORGIVEABLE Isa 43:25; Ps 103:10; Rom 8:1; Eph 1:4; Jn 5:24

“I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.” (Isa 43:25 GN)

“... Through what Christ would do for us, God decided to make us holy in His eyes, without a single fault -- we stand before Him covered with His love.” (Eph 1:4 LB)

V. I AM CAPABLE 2 Cor 9:8; Phil 4:13; Jn 8:32; 1 Pet 2:10; Rom 15:13

“God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.” (2 Cor 9:8 NASB)

“Once you were less than nothing; now you are God’s own!” (1 Pet 2:10 LB)

“May the God of hope fill you with joy ... that by the power of the Holy Spirit, your whole life and outlook may be radiant with hope.” (Rom 15:13 Ph)