The grace of god and the mercy of god are life-changing, they are destiny-changing. grace and mercy diametrically change a man's course of life from being on the broad way that leads to hell, onto the narrow way that leads to heaven. god changes things. grace and mercy are words of hope, not of uncertain hope, not a hope based on what you do with them, not a flimsy, wishful thinking type hope, but a definite, reliable, trustworthy and promised hope. a covenant hope. a hope that can never disappoint. a hope that is sure and unwavering. a hope that is eternal. the christian's hope is in the god of grace. the christian's hope is not in the fact he has changed, but solely in the one who has changed him. the christian's hope is in god and his grace, and not at all in himself and any of his works. the christian's hope is not in what he has done, but only in what god has done in him.