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Grace for All

Jim Stovall, Greta Smith, First United Methodist Church, Maryville, TN

"Grace for All" is a daily devotional podcast from the laity of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Each episode presents a verse of scripture and a brief reflection on that verse written and recorded by members of our church. These short episodes are meant to inspire you and help you in your journey of understanding and faith. We believe the central message of Jesus is one of grace. Grace for all human beings. Grace for All is a podcast ministry of First United Methodist

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04:11

Forgiveness, can you imagine?

Grace for All ·

2025/08/14

Ephesians 4:32 (NIV) “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” I have grown up hearing the phrase “forgive and forget” whenever having been in a conflict with someone who has wronged me and being faced with the issue of forgiveness. In my adult years, I’ve been of the mindset of trying to be slower to anger and more willing to forgive, though often that can be a difficult task.While the phrase “forgive and forget” is one that I’ve always

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06:13

Be Thankful

Grace for All ·

2025/08/13

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.Paul’s letter to the Colossians continues the theme of most of his letters: Christ is Lord of all, and we are to accept and love one another in faithfulness to Him.Imagine this headline on a papyrus scroll in 60 A.D., when scholars believe this letter was written either by Paul or a close disciple of his: Number of Followers of Christ Continues toIncrease in Colossae

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05:51

Knowing Love

Grace for All ·

2025/08/12

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.When hearing this verse, I can’t help but think about the 1960s song “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love.” If you don’t know it, I strongly encourage you to look it up, but chances are that you’ve heard it at some point. It has four verses, at least four of which I’m aware, that discuss unity in the Spirit, walking together, working together, and a celebration of the Holy

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04:27

Our Hope Is in Him

Grace for All ·

2025/08/11

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Hope, joy, peace: these are feelings which we all seek. Without these feelings, life can be dreary and feel meaningless. However, each of us has times in life when hope, joy, and peace are elusive. It is hard to be hopeful when the doctor shares a dire prognosis. There is certainly little joy when a loved one is terribly ill and approaching death. And peace

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05:05

Slow to Anger

Grace for All ·

2025/08/10

Proverbs 15:18 (NRSV) Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention. We seem to be surrounded by anger lately—contentious politicians, screaming pundits, angry neighbors, and impatient drivers. There are certainly reasons to be upset, but acting out in anger seldom solves anything.As the mother of boys, I have had many opportunities to calm contention. When they were fighting with each other, I never thought, “Well, if I get angry, too, they’ll stop.” We

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04:35

Scripture Saturday (August 9, 2025)

Grace for All ·

2025/08/09

Welcome to the Saturday episode of the Grace for All podcast. Thank you for joining us today. Saturday is a special time when we take a few moments to review the scriptures that we have cited in the episodes this week. If you missed any of those episodes, you might want to consider listening to them today. And even if you heard them all, there may be one that you might want to listen to again. We hope that each of these scriptures and podcasts will bring you a full measure of joy, peace, and love

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04:04

The Talents

Grace for All ·

2025/08/08

Matthew 25:23His master replied ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord. Isn’t that the objective for all of us? To stand before Jesus in judgment and hear “Well done, good and faithful servant?”It is something that I strive for! We are to try our best to emulate Jesus in our temperament and use our gifts to serve Him as best we can.Are you a musician? Play on!Are you an artist? Create

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06:46

Peace

Grace for All ·

2025/08/07

John 14:27Peace I leave you, my Peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. PEACE! Wouldn’t it be wonderful! No more anxiety. No more fighting. No more angry words. Peace of Mind!I remember waking up every morning as a little girl, filled with excitement because a school day lay ahead. I loved school and could think of nothing else when my heart was so full of that special love. Unfortunately, nights were another story

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05:03

Using Your Power

Grace for All ·

2025/08/06

Mark 6:1-6 (NKJV)Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him.And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that His hands perform such mighty works!Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at

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04:24

Forward Looking

Grace for All ·

2025/08/05

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.How often we have said, “I hope…” Hope in this context is akin to wishes. It is about something that you desire but are not really sure that it will occur.With this verse, we get another meaning for “Hope.” Hope is a way of facing the future, often in the face of uncertainty or adversity, with a positive outlook, even with expectation. It has nothing to do

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03:12

His Love Never Fails

Grace for All ·

2025/08/04

2 Timothy 2:13 (NIV) If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. In this day and age, it can be all too easy for our faith in others or even in God to waver or undergo trials and through periods where it is not as steady or consistent as it may have once been. However, the love and faith of God is not dealt out solely to those whose faith may remain perfectly steadfast, as mentioned, if the people should be faithless, He will remain faithful and not give up on others

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05:16

Peace Beyond Understanding

Grace for All ·

2025/08/03

Philippians 4:7, ESV "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." I've read these words hundreds of times, but when you remember that Paul wrote them from a Roman prison cell, they have a bit more significance. Think about Paul's situation for a minute. He's chained to Roman guards, he’s dependent on friends for food, and he’s facing possible execution. The Philippian church, which was struggling itself, somehow managed to scrape

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Scripture Saturday (August 2, 2025)

Grace for All ·

2025/08/02

You are listening to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at 1stChurch.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now, we invite you to listen and receive Grace. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Grace for All is

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04:28

What Laws Can’t Grow

Grace for All ·

2025/08/01

Galatians 5:22-23 (CEB)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this. Have you ever thought about how strange it would be for someone to call the police because a neighbor was too patient or too kind? Yes, people complain about anything, but imagine a phone call like this: “Officer, come quick—she’s showing way too much gentleness!” Such a callwouldn’t elicit sirens. But Paul’s line,

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04:20

A New Song (Encore)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/31

Revelation 14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. Everyone has, from time to time, picked up an earworm. It's one of those songs that plays over and over in your head that you just can't seem to get rid of. In those situations, you long for a new song to replace this tune that just won't go away. A few years back, I had a series of arguments that played

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02:58

Worrying About Tomorrow (Encore)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/30

Matthew 6:34, NIV Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. I tend to worry a lot. I tend to worry about things that haven’t even happened. I worry about how I am going to play in my next baseball game, for example, or about what people will think of me, even people I haven’t met yet! We don’t need to worry about that stuff, because tomorrow is not promised. All we can count on is today.That makes me think of another verse,

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05:19

Sing for Joy Without Shame (Encore)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/29

Psalm 96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth! My dad was almost certainly tone deaf. I mean, literally. He could not carry a tune at all, and I really don’t think he realized it. In other words, he could not hear the variations in pitch that other people could hear. I am guessing at that, because I could never ask him directly. Sitting next to him in church at an early age, I noticed that what came out of his mouth had absolutely no resemblance to what came from

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04:04

Sent (Encore 2)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/28

Acts 1:8 (NIV) “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;and you will be my witnessesin Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,and to the ends of the earth.” In the opening of the book of Acts, the apostles are waiting in Jerusalem as they have been instructed, gathered in one place.Suddenly, like a mighty wind the whole house is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and the believers begin to testify.The sound is so powerful that it attracts the attention of a host of people

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04:44

Love Your Enemies (Encore)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/27

Luke 6:27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. In reading this verse alone, without the context of the surrounding verses, I am at first reminded of the time, later in Luke (Chapter 10), where Jesus is questioned by a lawyer about the greatest of all commandments. Jesus asks the lawyer what he thinks. Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Correct, says Jesus. But then the lawyer asks, “But who is my neighbor?” That question provides

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05:22

Foolish Talk (Encore)

Grace for All ·

2025/07/26

Ephesians 5:4 (NIV) Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. As a young boy growing up, I was influenced by those with whom I was around. This included mostly family, church and school. I never heard any bad talk or cursing in my family or certainly in church. As I grew into my teen years, I like others looked up to older boys as to how to act, talk bigger than we were. However, I do recall my dad on occasion saying, “well the

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