{"id":39227,"date":"2026-02-12T22:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39227"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:34:22","slug":"260213-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260213-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Can Set You Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you know God\u2019s grace? Then you can live boldly, live robustly. Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace. And nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy.<\/p>\n<p>May I speak candidly? If you haven\u2019t accepted God\u2019s forgiveness, you are doomed to fear. Only God\u2019s grace can remove it. Have you accepted the forgiveness of Christ? If not, do so. Your prayer can be as simple as this:\u00a0<em>Dear Father, I need forgiveness. I admit that I have turned away from you. Please forgive me.\u00a0 I place my soul in your hands and my trust in your grace. Through Jesus I pray, amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Having received God\u2019s forgiveness, live forgiven! When Jesus sets you free, you are free indeed. (John 8:36).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=ed9d33b78d&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3Ded9d33b78d%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770856680744000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JJZWU9Zyf54k7XSWVRNHN\"><em>Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know God\u2019s grace? Then you can live boldly, live robustly. Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace. And nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy.<\/p>\n<p>May I speak candidly? If you haven\u2019t accepted God\u2019s forgiveness, you are doomed to fear. Only God\u2019s grace can remove it. Have you accepted the forgiveness of Christ? If not, do so. Your prayer can be as simple as this: Dear Father, I need forgiveness. I admit that I have turned away from you. Please forgive me.  I place my soul in your hands and my trust in your grace. Through Jesus I pray, amen.<\/p>\n<p>Having received God\u2019s forgiveness, live forgiven! When Jesus sets you free, you are free indeed. (John 8:36).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39229,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39227\/revisions\/39229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}