The pastor began his message by reminding everyone that God\u2019s grace was not invented at the cross; it was already present in the Old Testament but reached its fullness in Jesus Christ. He likened the Israelites\u2019 deliverance from Egypt to the deliverance every believer must experience: grace frees us from the slavery of sin and leads us into true liberty.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
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He explained that the law given to Moses was only a shadow of what grace would accomplish. In Christ, grace becomes power: it corrects, gives, and transfers everything the law could not accomplish. Thus, nothing is beyond the transforming work of divine grace; illnesses, curses, and spiritual chains can be overturned.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
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The central point of the sermon was the \u201cwound\u201d that turns into gangrene: a lack of gratitude<\/b>. This inner injury seeps into our family, church, and work relationships, weakening the grace of God in our lives. Without a grateful heart, grace slowly corrodes, leading to frustration and the loss of blessings.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
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To combat this wound, the pastor called each listener to practice moments of thanksgiving, echoing the Song of Exodus\u202f15 where the children of Israel stopped, raised their voices, and sang God\u2019s victory. Standing up, praising while standing, and expressing daily gratitude allow grace to flow fully, turning poverty into prosperity and pain into health.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
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In closing, he urged everyone to walk each day with a grateful heart and never let a lack of gratitude take root. By following the example of the Israelites who rose to celebrate their deliverance, we affirm that God\u2019s grace is sufficient, His blessings abound, and that through faith and gratitude we can cross all our \u201cRed Seas\u201d to reach the promised land of peace and prosperity.<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,27,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-messages","category-teaching","category-winners-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12496,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12476\/revisions\/12496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}