In the Grip of Grace: Letting Go of Self-Sufficiency and Discovering the Unending Gift of God's Grace

Written by Max Lucado

Narrated by Ben Holland

Exchange the Pressure of Accomplishment for the Peace of God’s Grace

When the world demands: achieve, succeed, earn, God says: lean on me, trust me, believe me.

• That is grace. And that is what God offers: unconditional acceptance of a believing heart. Your heavenly Father loves you enough to hold you in his grace. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado will help you: Release a false sense of self-sufficiency.
• Rest in God’s unbending and unending gift of grace.
• Remember that God is for you and will carry you through every circumstance.

Today, leap from the cliff of self-sufficiency and land in the strong arms of the Father who loves you . . . the Father who catches you—every time—in the grip of his grace.

An accompanying table and study guide are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Mar 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781400225798

Max Lucado

Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print. Visit his website at MaxLucado.com Facebook.com/MaxLucado Instagram.com/MaxLucado  X.com/MaxLucado Youtube.com/MaxLucadoOfficial The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

Reviews for In the Grip of Grace

[hobbitprincess · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Writings on the grace of God in Lucado's signature story telling, easy to read with examples that make sense.

[gdill-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I've read many Lucado books and this one seems a bit different than his other stuff. This is almost a commentary on the Book of Romans. Selected passages were taken from Romans specifically relating to grace, and Lucado devotes entire chapters to that passage. As usual he adds illustrative stories and asks pointed questions to the reader. This is another terrific Lucado book. However, it seems to get a bit more heavy into Scripture rather than Lucado's usual and unique storytelling. Nevertheless, a decent read... but not his best.

Here are some of my favorite quotes taken from this book:

"We know He has a tattoo, and we know what it says. "I have written your name on my hand," He declares (Isa. 49:16)"

"Your parents may have forgotten you, your teachers may have neglected you, your siblings may be ashamed of you; but within reach of your prayers is the maker of the oceans. God!"

"You are saved not because of what you do, but because of what Christ did."

"If your sin were too great for his grace, he never would have saved you in the first place."

"God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut. And, if it takes a thorn in the flesh for Him to make His point, He loves us enough not to pluck it out."

"Content. That's the word. A state of heart in which you would be at peace if God gave you nothing more than He already has."
"Confessed sin becomes the bridge over which we can walk back into the presence of God."

"Mercy understood is holiness desired."

"Holiness demands that sin be punished. Mercy compels that the sinner be loved."

"God's highest dream is not to make us rich, not to make us successful or popular or famous. God's dream is to make us right with Him."

"If a society deletes God from the human equation, what sandbags will they stack against the swelling tide of barbarism and hedonism?"

"Every star is an announcement. Each leaf a reminder. The glaciers are megaphones, the seasons are chapters, the clouds are banners. Nature is a song of many parts but one theme and one verse: God is."

"God loves his children, and he hates what destroys them."

"Many don't understand God's anger because they confuse the wrath of God with the wrath of man. The two have little in common."

[venqat65 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Started out very good--I like his parables and explanations. Unfortunately, he seemed to reiterate his point way too many times for me. I understood the analogies the first time and then he would explain the same point another 3 or 4 times until I was bored to tears. Great book for someone who is struggling with the faith or more of a beginning Christian but it was just too slow for me. I did not finish the book--I read about 3/4 of the way through but I just did not seem to be learning anything new after the first few chapters.

[debs4jc · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In his vivid prose, Lucado illustrates the grace of God. His points are loosely based on the first chapters of Romans, and he uses several modern day parables to illustrate the barriers that people put up to receiving God's grace. It's a uplifting and sometimes challenging look at how legalism, judgementalism, and "I can do it myself"ism seperate us from God. This audio version was an execellent adaptation, I loved the "ka-ching" sound effects that they used when they were talking about the sound the old credit card machines made. Give this one a listen for some uplfting Biblically based teaching.

[johnstevenson_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Devotional on the Epistle to the Romans. Quite good.

[rybeewoods · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My first encounter with extra-biblical book grace (yes, you can quote me on that). There are some good parables to be found in this book. It's worth recomending simply for the role it played early on in my spiritual formation.