by the grace of God

by the grace of God

By the direction, blessings, or assistance of a higher power (e.g., God). By the grace of God, let me never have to go through something like that again! We never need question our purpose, for we are led by the grace of God.
See also: by, god, grace, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • There but for the grace of God
  • there but for the grace of God (go I)
  • there but for the grace of God go I
  • but for the grace of God
  • go in the right direction
  • have the (good) grace to (do something)
  • have the grace to do something
  • count (someone or something) among (something)
  • count among
  • drift with
References in periodicals archive
Director Francois Ozon holds aloft the Silver Bear grand jury prize for the film 'By the Grace of God' onstage at the award ceremony of the 2019 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb.
William I (the Conqueror) was King of England, and his son introduced the title, "Dei Gratia" (by the Grace of God) into the list of titles, styled in Latin as "Dei Gratia Rex Anglorum." That appendage was dropped by his nephew, King Stephen in 1135.
"Now is the time for us to step beyond our fragmented efforts," Michael McGill, founder of the Asha Forum, told Sojourners, "and by the grace of God begin to turn the tide against the growing epidemic of sexual exploitation that is ravaging our world." A follow-up consultation is planned for February 2005 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
But in a matter of months, by the grace of God, on February 12, 1989, the Japanese Mission of Metropolitan Baptist Church officially became the Japanese International Baptist Church, with forty-four charter members.
The Blackwood-based trio - James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore - were at the Virgin Megastore in Cardiff's Capitol Arcade signing copies of their latest single There By the Grace of God, which was released oday.
After all, by the grace of God, we have been given, in faith, the ability to see the answer to the big question.
Those of us who escaped only did so by the grace of God."
"Gentlemen prefer blondes," quips Ann, who says she has lived in three centuries "by the grace of God."
A doctor told him, `Take twice as long to do half as much.' An old friend, well into his eighties, wrote and told him how he had found that `the old instinct to do something has been mastered by the grace of God'.
This time around we want to perform to full capacity and by the grace of God Nigerians will see a positive difference in terms of delivery of service to our countrymen and women.'
It's amazing grace that compels us to say along with the apostle Paul, "By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not without effect.
Believe!" As a person saved by the grace of God, I am an opportunist, feasting on the table He provides.
By the grace of god everything will be sorted out and nothing will remain unsolved," said Ali Shah Bokhari, a resident.
"JOHN by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, to all his loyal subjects who may wish to have burgages in the township of Liverpool, greeting....
"It was only by the grace of God that someone wasn't killed or seriously injured.