10.04.26 | Sunday Morning | Ps. Joe Cormier

What if the most transformative gift we have ever received is also the one we most easily forget? This message takes us on a journey into the heart of God's grace, reminding us that grace is not a one-time event frozen in history but a living, ongoing outpouring that follows us through every season of life. Drawing from John 1:16-17, we are invited to see grace not as a single moment of rescue but as wave after wave of undeserved blessing, what the original Greek describes as grace succeeding grace, one gracious gift replacing another in an unending flow. We explore the powerful distinction between mercy and grace: mercy is not receiving the punishment we deserve, while grace is receiving the goodness we never could have earned. Together, these truths reshape how we see ourselves and how we approach God. The story of John Newton, a man whose life was marked by profound moral failure and whose encounter with God's mercy in the middle of a violent storm set in motion a transformation that ultimately gave the world one of the most beloved hymns ever written, serves as a living testimony that no life is too far gone for grace to reach. The question this message leaves us with is deeply personal: when did we last stop long enough to remember what God has done for us, and are we walking in the fullness of grace that is available to us right now?