Grace Goes First | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Ephesians (S2), Ep.11

Cozy Afternoon Walk: A Daily Devotional · Oct 12, 2026 · 8m

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.

Today's passage: Ephesians 2:8-9

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." (NIV)

Ask someone how they came to faith, and the story often begins with them: what they felt, what they decided, when they believed. Paul tells it in a different order. In one short sentence he puts grace before faith, and he calls the whole thing a gift, not a reward. That raises a fair question. If we add…