Lesson Two - Exploring Grace Section 7

Believers fail to experience God's grace on a daily basis for many reasons. Two of these are:

• A misconception of God as a hard taskmaster who meets our needs begrudgingly.
• The belief that while we were saved by grace we must now "pay our own way" and earn God's blessings in our daily lives.

It is possible to know that the above beliefs are lies and still to operate as though they were true. Share a time when you were tempted to operate according to one of these misconceptions.

Any time I've ever tried to bargain with God for something I want. "Lord, if you'll just give me this one thing, I promise I'll do what you want me to." We do it as children with our parents... it almost seems natural to do it with our Ultimate Father.