22/08/2026
Are You a Gracious Woman?
Grace is “unmerited favor”. God’s grace gives us freely what we do not deserve and could not earn.
We love to receive grace, but do we love to be gracious? How can we know if we are truly gracious - not as we may perceive it, but as God would have us to be?
Here is a simple test we can take, based on the Scriptures:
1. Am I loving and kind, even to those who are unthankful and evil? (Mt. 5:27-35)
2. Do I give freely and cheerfully? (I Cor. 8:5-12)
3. Is my speech ruled by wisdom and kindness, always with grace? (Pro. 31:26; Eccl. 10:12; Eph. 4:29; Col. 4:6; Lk. 4:22)
4. Am I filled with the Word of God and the Spirit of Christ? (Jn. 1:12-17; Gal. 6:18)
5. Is the music I “speak to myself” filled with the Word of God and fit to be sung unto the Lord? (Eph. 5:18-20)
6. Does the music I share teach the Word of Christ to others, and express the grace that is in my heart? (Col. 3:16)
7. Am I denying ungodliness and worldly lusts and living soberly, righteously, and godly? (Tit. 2:11-12)
8. Am I forgiving, not harboring any root of bitterness? (Heb. 12:15; Eph. 4:32)
9. Am I humble? (Jas. 4:6; I Pet. 5:5)
10. Do I use what God has given to me to serve and minister to others? (I Pet. 4:7-10)
11. Am I desiring the milk of the Word and growing in grace? (II Pet. 3:1, 18)
12. Am I retaining - maintaining, keeping, holding fast - honor and virtue? (Pro. 11:16)
13. Do I give my husband reverence, honor, and submission, even when I think he doesn’t deserve it? (Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18; I Pet. 3:1-6)
14. Is my heart established - confirmed, sure, settled - with grace, not easily “carried about” or deceived by false doctrine? (Heb. 13:9; Col. 2:4-9)
“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.”
Psalm 145:8
May He help us to be the same!