The moment you try to add your own merit to what Christ has already done, you are subtracting from the cross. Rest today in the finished work of Jesus.

God’s gift of grace opens up a special type of freedom for a Christian. It empowers us to live by grace, because an immeasurable amount of undeserved grace has been given to us first.

In this devotion, Peter doesn't call us to try harder. He calls us to remember what God has already done for us.

We all have a default that tells us to get even or fight back. But God calls us to be more than those moments of weakness.