Five : 5 - Biblical Meaning of Number: deals with grace and redemption - God's grace or life that's moved by the spirit.
Added Christian Viewpoint: This number has also been used to describe freedom and completeness.
Word Origin & History
grace
c.1175, "God's favor or help," from O.Fr. grace "pleasing quality, favor, good will, thanks," from L. gratia "pleasing quality, good will, gratitude," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from PIE base *gwer- "to praise, welcome" (cf. Skt. grnati "sings, praises, announces," Lith. gririu "to praise, celebrate," Avestan gar- "to praise"). Sense of "virtue" is c.1330, that of "beauty of form or movement, pleasing quality" is c.1340. In classical sense, "one of the three sister goddesses (L. Gratiæ, Gk. Kharites), bestowers of beauty and charm," it is first recorded in Eng. 1579 in Spenser. The short prayer that is said before or after a meal (c.1225, until 16c. usually graces) is in the sense of "gratitude." Verb meaning "to show favor" (c.1440) led to that of "to lend or add grace to something" (1586, e.g. grace us with your presence), which is the root of the musical sense in grace notes (1657). Gracious as an exclamation (1713) is short for gracious God, etc.
I woke up at 3:30 this morning with God's grace on my mind. I thought about the women and some men I know (and don't know) that haven't made it to a Safehouse, Jailhouse, Churchhouse or a Cinderella Released Joy Recovery meeting. I wondered if they would before it was too late. I feel so blessed and so full of God's favor because I've been able to experience all of the above, and still be alive and hoping for others to be released from the bondages that have them captive. You really can't understand what true freedom is until you've experienced God setting you free from sin's captivity.
Slavery/bondage whether it be human trafficking, addictions, unhealthy relationships, trauma or crisis all have one thing in common "fear." God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, joy and peace as well as the promise for a sound mind.
My prayer this morning is that as I go through the week, I would be able to make five "grace touches" a day. Prefer those other people, whoever God might lay on my heart at a moments notice, and show them favor. As I show favor to others, I believe favor will be meted back to me.
This week I'm going to try and touch five people per day, I don't know in a special way. If I do know them I'm going to touch them in a way I wouldn't normally touch them. These are to be made without expecting anything in return. I believe if you make five connections a day, God will add grace and favor upon you.
God tells us to reach out to those who are hurting, pray for those who are sick, and He will return to you what you have given in greater measure. I don't know about you, but I need more grace, more love, more mercy. Here are some examples of ways you can grace your day:
Spend five minutes talking to someone in the grocery store, bank, fitness club, elevator about their loved ones.
Give a $5 tip to a waitress, bellhop or the person behind you in the drive-through. I pray one day I could afford to tip five people a day $5 and on special days make it a $50! Wouldn't that be awesome? TIPS means To Insure Proper Service. Can you imagine how service would improve in your city or town if just five of us started doing this on a daily basis.
What about that VET, God Bless, or Need Work person? Believe it or not many really are veterans.
Instead of being frustrated at that slow driver, pray that they make it to their destination safely. It might just be me!
In closing I want to grace you with the Wiki World meaning of the five second rule….I know some of you have used this in various time references, but here is the true meaning from Wiki!
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