Being a minister of grace

(This is a challenge I sent to the leadership team of our youth ministry)

Think of it as a pop machine on a hot day, but this one is free! Just like that, you are a "grace dispenser", a minister of grace. That means that you are one who has recieved the un-earned favor, forgiveness, and love of God - so you must pass it on. People need grace more than a coke on a hot day.
Dispensing grace is spiritual warfare - it challenges the logic of man (payback, getting even, revenge) and offers what only God can offer - forgiveness. Grace is not accepting of sin, but grace loves the person. Grace challenges the enemy's agenda in our life, the lives of our friends and family, and Satan has no waepon to answer it or defense against it!
Your friends at youth, your unsaved co-workers, aquaintances, and especially family, need grace from you. They need supernatural understanding and forgiveness that points to God.
So the next time something or someone ticks you off, don't respond by thinking of yourself. Instead, dispense grace. You have it in you (His name is Jesus).

1 Corinthians 1: 4-5
1 Peter 4:7-11