Grace Within Our Souls

♥ GRACE ♥
* Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah * - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
* Jesus Predicts His Death * - From that time on Jes

us began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” ( Matthew 16:13-23)

When I want to move my hand, it moves. I don't have to stop and think, 'How shall I move it?' It happens. But if I find myself to be selfish kind of person and want to be unselfish, it doesn't happen. Therefore, something has got to take hold of us from outside. ~ William Temple ~

Grace is God Himself, his loving energy at work within his Church and within our Souls.♥ ~ Evelyn Underhill ~