Jude Graham

The Grace Course is a straight forward, effective way for churches to help Christians understand God's grace and be motivated by God's love alone, so that they go on to bear 'much fruit'. It provides powerful, practical ways to submit to God, identify faulty thinking and renew the mind. - Live a fruitful Christian life simply by being the person God made you to be. - Don't 'perform' any longer for God or other people but learn to serve out of love. - Hold your head up high no matter what's in your past. - Get rid of condemning thoughts and that 'low grade fever' of guilt. - Stop returning to the same old sins again and again. - Fear nothing and no one except God Himself. - Learn to serve out of genuine rest. - Work together with others to reach the world for Christ. The Grace Course is brought to you by Freedom in Christ Ministries, creators of the bestselling Freedom In Christ Discipleship Course. With 6 sessions plus a practical, life transforming ministry tool - The Steps to Experiencing God's Grace - it is ideal for both small groups and Sunday teaching. It works well as a 40-day church-wide campaign or a 6-week course during Lent. Either present it yourself using the PowerPoint presentations included with The Grace Course Leader's Guide or alternatively, use The Grace Course videos available from Freedom In Christ Ministries video streaming service FreedomStream. The Grace Course Participant's Guide is designed to accompany the user through the course.

Many Christians have a good understanding that salvation is by grace through faith, and that there is nothing they can do to earn their salvation. However, many have fallen into the trap that once saved, they must try to maintain God's acceptance by working hard and doing the right things. They focus so much on how well they are behaving as children of God that they miss experiencing life in the reality of God's grace. In the end they become stressed out, burned out, or fed up with trying to act like they think Christians should act but never quite managing it. Tragically they usually come to believe that they will never be "good enough." This course is designed to help Christians understand what it means to be God's child, to help them receive the assurance of what makes them acceptable to God, to point out the things that don't affect their acceptance, and to encourage them to deal with any hindrances that may be stopping them from walking in the fullness of God's grace every day. The intention is that they will then be free to glorify God in their behavior, not because they feel they have to but because they want to. A natural follow-up to the Alpha or Freedom in Christ Course, The Grace Course has been developed by Freedom in Christ Ministries. The Leader's Guide provides all the material necessary to lead the course and includes PowerPoint presentations developed to make the lessons quick and easy for the leader. Participants are not required to prepare before the sessions but a Participant's Guide that emphasizes the take-away of each lesson is also available. The videos (available on Freedom In Christ Ministries video streaming service FreedomStream) are hosted by Steve Goss and Rich Miller and shows them teaching the entire course supplemented by interviews of the leaders.