{"id":4316,"date":"2026-01-23T02:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:05:01","slug":"choosing-grace-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/choosing-grace-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Grace Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, January 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Choosing Grace Every Day <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. <strong>Ephesians 4:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grace is more than a perspective; it is a choice. It means choosing to forgive, choosing to respond with patience, and choosing to show kindness even when it\u2019s not deserved. Grace is active, not passive. It flows from the recognition that we ourselves are recipients of mercy we do not deserve.<\/p>\n<p>When we remember that God\u2019s grace has been poured into our lives, it becomes easier to extend it to others. That difficult coworker, the friend who hurt us, the family member who frustrates us grace empowers us to respond not with anger or judgment, but with love, patience, and mercy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Father, thank You for Your undeserved grace in my life. Teach me to live it out each day choosing forgiveness, patience, and kindness toward others. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, January 23 Choosing Grace Every Day Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Grace is more than a perspective; it is a choice. It means choosing to forgive, choosing to respond with patience, and choosing to show kindness even when it\u2019s not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4321,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions\/4321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}