There are also others to whom God gave graces "that would have led them to salvation had they used them properly" (I, 262), but He chose not to provide them with the 'unique grace of perseverance' without which it is impossible to be saved.
But once again, this phrase may refer to the effect for which God gives the grace by His absolute will, or to the effect that grace tends to produce by its nature and which for which God gives the grace by His antecedent will.
**{:.break one} ** And him to serve God give us grace, O lux beata Trinitas.
Solution: Sorry, but the best I can do on this one, since it involves social behavior, is to quote the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr: "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed".
Bishop Mark S. Sisk seemed to refer to the phenomenon when he said during his invocation, "Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light".
Would God give her grace in carrying out an unusual piece of work?
"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other".
John Calvin wrote that God gives common grace to those who don't believe.
God gives people grace when they must take their own life because the pain will never go away.
It is my belief that God gives us grace when we must choose quality of life instead of laws and ethics.
God alone can give grace, yet He blesses our endeavors to engage men to join His service.Matthew Henry's "Concise Commentary".
