In Luke 1:5–17, we see that God is faithful in our waiting and that He calls us to help prepare others to meet Him.

Do we appreciate that God chose to create each of us, and that we have been created for important reasons? 

Why is it vital that we learn to boast in the right things and that we must make this a lifestyle? 

What aspects of salvation are the gift of God and how does our understanding of this affect our joy and security? 

What does it mean to be saved by grace through faith, and how should we apply this in our lives to fight for the peace that God wants us to enjoy? 

From Ephesians 2:4-7, we see afresh that “It is by grace you have been saved.”

From Ephesians 2:4-7, we reflect on how God has made us alive with Christ.

From Ephesians 2:4-7, we see that God’s love and mercy are the only cause of our salvation.

Apart from Christ, we were ‘by nature deserving of wrath’ - knowing this is vital for our joy and for us to come to Jesus in the first place! 

Those who fully rejoice in God’s grace, remember their condition without it!

We are chosen in order to praise and be for the praise of His glory. 

Are we being filled with God’s lavish grace and His wisdom or are we being filled with things that rob us of joy and wisdom? 

Yesterday, we looked at the astonishing truth that, according to God’s love and pleasure, we have been adopted into His family - He is our Father, and we have an eternal inheritance! Today, in this final reflection on these verses, we return to the theme of praise.

In Luke 24, we see how the risen Jesus is walking with us and revealing Himself to us on the path of our lives. 

From Luke 19:1-7, let’s reflect on Zacchaeus; he ‘wanted to see Jesus’; however, the deeper truth is that Jesus was seeking him.

Jesus repeats the vital teaching that salvation cannot be earned but is the gift of God. 

From Luke 18:9-17, let’s reflect on how Jesus likens a child’s weakness and dependence to saving faith

Justification before God is never earned through our own good deeds or performance. In fact, it’s the humbled who are exalted!

From Luke 18:9, we reflect on whether we are self-confident or humbly trusting in God and His grace.

From Luke 17:7-10, we reflect on how God’s servants are to remain amazed by, and be fuelled by, how Jesus has served them.