1 Corinthians 13:13

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

We have chapter 13 that tells us how love acts and it is the most important aspect of this relationship with our God but many of us see love as an emotion. God is love and discovering just how much He loves us is often seen in the big things He has done for us. It can be seen as the motivation behind the actions He takes.

If a person never knew love in their life it is an overwhelming concept to discover so great a love. Recognition of just how God loves us may well be recognized in the tangible aspects of grace.

Promises are not real to us until they are activated. Tangible grace allows us to translate agape love into aspects of peace, understanding, trust, hope and sharing. Sharing the love of God in itself is a tangible grace because the transformation from sinner to saint presents itself as a witness of God’s power to make a tangible difference in our lives.

Tangible grace makes the love of God real to others because they can see it in us.

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Grace is the love of God that keeps on giving because we grow in grace the longer we follow Jesus.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

To know Him is to love Him and to love Him is to love what He loves. Grace allows us to do that and is the tangible aspect of love, seen by those who need to see His love.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Grace is the tangible fruit of the spirit which others can see, touch and taste.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

The most commonly known grace is prevenient grace. Why it is called prevenient is based on the issue of preventing loss. God knows who will accept salvation through faith in Christ and He enacts this gracious gift as a method of bringing each believer to their knees. All the graces that come to us follow this first step of gracious gift.

Romans 5:2

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

This is positional grace. This gives us the right to come before God to receive every blessing He has for us. In God’s eyes we are justified, our debt paid and we need not be ashamed to face God.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient

Sufficient grace may only be identified when we come to a point in which we think we need something from God and we are told no, that we have all we need to accomplish His will for us. The key to understanding sufficient grace is making sure we have developed our gifts for the purpose of serving God.

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Grace gifts are those graces we would never have if it were not for having placed our faith in Christ.  Ref. Ephesians 4:8

Romans 3:24

and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Redemptive grace is acceptance into the family of God.

Psalm 45:2

You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Gracious speech is its own reward. This is just the beginning of what grace does in us.