Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

⁴ But God is rich in his mercy, and because he had such great love for us, ⁵ he brought us to life with Christ when we were already dead through sin—it is by grace that you have been saved. ⁶ He raised us up in union with Christ Jesus and enthroned us with him in the heavens, ⁷ so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace evidenced by his mercy to us in Christ Jesus.

^8 [a]For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith. This has not come from you but from the gift of God. ⁹ It does not come from works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for a life of good works that God had prepared for us to do.