Grace to you!

"Grace to You" & Grace with You"
Oh I Love this one.Such simplicity.But yet so profound.
"...What I want us to see from these 26 texts is the way the apostle Paul begins and ends all his letters. He wrote 13 letters(Philemon-Romans) in our New Testament. He begins and ends each of them with a blessing of grace upon the Christian readers...
...The opening blessing, "Grace to you,"—grace to you through these inspired letters—what that says to us is that the Word of God should be the primary instrument of grace in the life of the church. The preaching of the Word, the teaching of the Word, the singing of the Word, the praying of the Word and the sharing of the Word. If the free and sovereign grace of God is to be central in the life of our church, then we must be a people of the Word.
And the closing blessing, "Grace be with you," says to us: When the Word has been spoken, what counts is the presence of God with us—by his Spirit confirming the word, illuminating the Word, begetting faith by the Word, empowering deeds taught in the Word. It's the Spirit of Christ that stays with us and applies grace to us. "The Lord be with you." "I will never leave you or forsake you." So if we want to live in the ongoing power of grace, we must be a people of the Spirit.
A people of the Word and a people of the Spirit. Grace to you through the Word. Grace with you in the Spirit...."
Grace be with you!