Once God gets involved, we cannot predict the ultimate outcomes of our life based on the past. Grace is at work in us!

2. A GOD STORY = A LIFE “BENT” BY GRACE
• David, the shepherd who becomes a king.
• Jesus, the Nazarene who changes the world as Messiah
• Paul, the Jewish legalist who becomes God’s messenger
to non-Jews
What is the factor that brings these unexpected life stories
to pass?
Do you know someone whose “Grace Story” has moved
them into an unexpected destiny?
Once God gets involved in a life, we need to let go of the
idea that we can predict their future based on their
beginnings.

3. GRACE RESHAPED PAUL’S LIFE
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of
God’s grace given me through the working
of his power. Although I am less than the
least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was
given me: to preach to the Gentiles the
boundless riches of Christ, and to make
plain to everyone the administration of this
mystery, which for ages past was kept
hidden in God, who created all things.

4. BENT BY GRACE
God’s Story!
God’s Grace!
Line of predictability

5. GRACE-POWERED LIVING
Grace is that dynamic power from God that actively works in us
to change us!
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace
given me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 3: 7
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me
was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--
yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
I Corinthians 15: 10

6. REFLECT…
What is your God Story of being changed by
grace?
What power are you currently depending on to
bring about the changes in your life?
How do you see grace at work in you at this time?
How does one cooperate with the work of grace in
their life?