Grace Grenades
Our team handpicks content from around the world to explain, demonstrate, or celebrate God’s love for all people through His Son Jesus Christ—it could be a sermon, song, TV series, or an expression of art. If it leads people to Jesus’ finished work at the cross, it’s a Grace Grenade.
Lee Penley: Hang In There
If I’m not aware of it, I can stew in the familiar mess of my personal failures. Getting lost in shame and self-loathing, I forget who I am and what is true. Leaving the comfort of the familiar, even if it’s destroying me, can be scary. That’s only when I believe...
Jana Greene: The Great Opening
God has ALWAYS found me loveable, not because of what I DO or even BELIEVE. He finds me loveable because that's why He created me. Once I begin to BELIEVE in His Unconditional Love, then I can clearly see His Invitation to Dance with the Trinity and all His Creation....
Wally Odum: God’s Grace Isn’t Cheap
Prior to my Pin being Pulled I used to think there was some value in sanctimoniously graveling about my unworthiness. If I bought a friend a very expensive gift, and they went on and on about their unworthiness or even did some "good works" as a gesture - the cost to...
Wally Odum: The Only Way to Salvation is God’s Saving Grace
Sometimes I act like my "current" church is a good representation of the early church. When the fact is, most churches today hardly resemble my church from just 20 years ago. In many ways, I put yokes on people and congregations that keep us at arm's length from each...
Jana Greene: Keep Going, Kiddo
For me to pretend I'm not hurting when I most definitely am, is dishonest. For me to trust and expect healing in the midst of my extreme hurt, is faith. To unconditionally love me and be in my corner regardless, this is Grace. Troy | GG Team
Wally Odum: Grace is Not Retribution
Before the Pin was Pulled I think I believed that my earnest heartfelt apology for my wrongdoings played a role in my being "granted" salvation. My sincerity and commitment to "do better" played NO ROLE in my being declared reconciled. The Finished work of Jesus on...
Wally Odum: Grace Has to Be a Gift
As a child, my parents gave me many gifts. Most of these gifts I had no means or hope of acquiring on my own. Simply put, they wanted me to have gifts and they provided them. The gifts my parents gave me never had strings attached. There was no payback plan nor...
Jordan Davis: Church In A Chevy
Driving by myself listening to worship music just hanging out with God has been some of the most rewarding times. It’s so humbling to know I can be anywhere at any time and know God can speak to me. Just like riding in the truck with my kids talking about their day,...
Leon Bridges: That Was Yesterday
On 051723 a Thursday afternoon I was in my car running errands and I felt God say, without my asking, "You've got to settle that I'm always on your side." WOW that's welcome news I thought. Then He went on, "Your problem is not convincing Me to get involved based on...
Wally Odum: Caught in the Grip of Grace
Unconsciously I tend to act like every seeker/follower of Christ should think and behave the way I do today, at this moment, not as I may have in the past. And as I grow in Jesus and update my understanding, I construct new unspoken subconscious hoops for folks to...
Lee Penley: Who In The World Are You Listening To?
I'm not tempted to believe the sky is green instead of blue, but I can be convinced that my bad decisions have caused God to turn His back on me. The enemy deceives in a calculated context. God's Grace is unconditional and that's just dag-gone hard to believe. But I...
Lee Penley: It’s Who You Are
Like an evil advisor whispering into the ear of the king, or an aching tooth, I sometimes let my circumstances have a dominating voice. ENOUGH! I have been given the most incredible gift I could ever imagine. Accessing its mind-blowing benefits requires one key - MY...
Jana Greene: Sideways and Hand-in-Hand
When my Pin was Pulled, I realized I could come out from the bushes and be real with Jesus. As crazy and improper as it may sound, at the Cross, I believe Jesus made it all about me. It's NOT about a cold system of conduct that can be analyzed and adhered to, it's...
Jana Greene: Please Pray For Me . . .
When God Pulled the Pin, He did many things I did not expect. Such as starting to root out religious arrogance and an exclusionary mindset I never realized I had. It's funny, when a pipe bursts in my house and water is flooding my home, I welcome with equal gratitude,...
Dr. Matt Pandel: The Faith OF God Makes Faith IN God Possible
The deeper I go into the matters of Grace, the deeper I understand the crazy implications of "It is Finished!" It's kinda like when my mom & dad would give me money, drive me to the store to pick out their gifts, and then be thrilled on Christmas morning with what...
Jana Greene: Ease, Flow, and a New Way to Go
Once my Pin was Pulled there was a different flow to my life, an easy flow, a Grace Flow. My Flow is very personal and unique, it's not based on a list of expectations. It feels like it's RELEASED in His Grace The more I embrace My Flow, the more I am utilized, and...
Jana Greene: Undone
Once the Pin was Pulled I finally realized Grace was a gift with no strings attached. Fruitless striving for something I have already been freely given only tends to frustrate the Giver. I can be like an annoying cat loudly complaining at the backdoor while my...
Malcom Smith: Participating in Christ Life
Grace invites me into a supernatural union with Jesus that is not tied to a pragmatic, understandable purpose. I will never discover "it," whatever I think "it" is, but I can pursue a life of significance, boldness, and wonder - if I intentionally lock my gaze into...
Shirl Catindig: Oceans
As the Grace Grenade exploded in my heart, it changed me at the core. Its shrapnel penetrated every part of my being. It was a very personal and potentially self-focused event. I thought . . . Then I noticed an amazing phenomenon, there is collateral "damage"...
Dr. Matt Pandel: We Don’t Have to See It All . . . JUST JESUS
This is one of my very favorite grenades to date and I'm not sure if it's because Dr. Pandel has packed so much truth into so few words, or if it's because God has lovingly and gently brought correction to a sneaky dangerous attitude through rich revelation. I'm CRAZY...
Lee Penley: You Are Precious in His Sight
Nothing stops an identity crisis quicker than the Word. I ask the world to identify me they’ll look at my deeds, skin color, and bank account. When I ask the Creator, He guides me to His love letter of the scriptures. Knowing who I am is my greatest weapon. It’s the...
Jana Greene: How to Spend Time with God (spoiler alert: Just BE)
Before the Pin was Pulled I had two unspoken lists, things God would be apart of, and things (or places, or thoughts) that God would not partake of with me. I am now understanding God's longing to be with me is more a kin to the way I enjoy being with my two...
Wally Odum: Try Harder and Jump Higher
Like the stereotypical used car salesman of old, I used to think "Ok God, what's it going to take to close this deal today." I knew I wasn't perfect, but I was a lot better than many of the SCHLUBS around me. Wait, the law requires perfection?! Grace doesn't require...
Wally Odum: You Lose A Lot of Speed Between 80 and 86
Self-examination was fruitless before Grace and TWICE as fruitless after Grace. Whether I look at myself and am very pleased, or look at myself and become discouraged when I'm looking at myself I've lost THE PLOT. No matter what comes my way, it's all about my FOCUS....
Passion: What He’s Done
What He has done is not changed by my mistakes What He has done gives me freedom today because my future is set in stone What He has done has allowed me to throw off the weight of guilt & put on joy. Rick | GG Team
Jana Greene: Reverence Remix (a poetry jam)
Before the Pin was Pulled, I used to limit God in the places and ways we could commune. Shoot, I'm not even sure I realized we could. There is no holy place, holy time, or holy situation that we cannot revere God. Wait . . . scratch the qualifier "holy." I'm just...
Wally Odum: Sin is No Match for Sin
Before the Pin was Pulled I thought I measured up pretty good against those around me, even in the eyes of God. WRONGO. I think I was making a bigger deal of other people's sin and a lesser deal of my own sin. YIKES. ALL my sins, great or small, left me in a desperate...
Wally Odum: Don’t Let Religion Steal Your Joy
Once the Pin was Pulled I could smell religion a mile away - it was joyless. I used to confuse religious activity with a relationship with God, I never really knew God at all until I knew Jesus. There is a simple yet overwhelming joy in the presence of Jesus - I may...
Lee Penley: Love’s Surrender
Religion told me that I must prepare myself for the long journey ahead to find God. Christ came to show me He’s been here with me all along. “They tried to take your life, but then you gave it” (Hulvey, 0:51) Whenever I sing this, it cuts through my heart like a sharp...
MercyMe: Heart Beats For Your Good
When I find myself in a place that feels hard to navigate on my own, I can rest in knowing that God is right there with me, and he is strong in my weakness. No matter how big my problems may seem, they are nothing compared to the power of God and His love for me. My...
Tauren Wells: Done
Only God’s unconditional, incomparable love for me would bear the punishment I deserve so I could be set free. That same Agape love is still at work in me today, protecting me from the work of the enemy and even my own mistakes. Whatever my past mistakes, my present...
Jana Greene: That “Chris Robinson” Spiritual Freedom
I used to act like music was intrinsically good or evil, and fought the "evil temptations" to appreciate and be blessed by "secular" music. Once the Pin was Pulled I had a new understanding that God is Good, and that which is Good comes from God. I realize some of the...