Seeing Sin, Speaking Grace

Here’s a very helpful marriage communication reminder from Brian Chesmore, one of the Family Life Pastors at Covenant Life Church (and a WCU alum) from his post on their Family Room Blog

APPLYING GRACE TO YOUR MARRIAGE

My mind is like a sieve. Info in and info out. That’s okay with sports stats and local news. But often what is delivered to our minds is too priceless to simply let drift away. No example of this is truer than the transfer of truth from the pulpit to our souls weekly, on Sundays.

God’s word is filled with exhortations to be good hearers and good appliers of His truth. And so we want to take a few posts to apply CJ’s outstanding message from Sunday. We want to remind you of a few points, a few quotes, a few books, and some ways we can apply it: in our homes and in the church. Here’s the first quote:

Only by seeing our sin do we come to see the need and wonder of grace. But exposing sin is not the same thing as unveiling and applying grace. We must be familiar with grace and exponents of its multifaceted power, and know how to apply it to a variety of spiritual conditions. Truth to tell, exposing sin is easier than applying grace; for, alas, we are more intimate with the former than we sometimes are with the latter. Therein lies our weakness. (Sinclair Ferguson)

Here’s one way to grow in applying grace to your marriage. Ask yourself what sin your spouse is currently battling. Then consider this question: “What carefully spoken words could I share that would unveil and apply grace to my spouse’s soul?”

Let’s not be satisfied with exposing sin. Let’s take our spouse to Calvary with our words and prayers.