“Is One of Your Family Members Benefiting Off of Your Grace with God?”

Genesis 19:29 “So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.”

Grace is personal — but it is powerful enough to overflow. Today, I want to talk to the Abrahams in the room. The praying ones. The obedient ones. The ones who walk closely with God. You may not even realize it, but someone in your family may be surviving — even thriving — off the grace on your life.

The question is: How long can they live off of borrowed grace?

I. The Overflow of Grace

Let’s start with Abraham and Lot. Lot lived in Sodom — a city marked for destruction. But Scripture says, “God remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out.”

It doesn’t say He remembered Lot.

It doesn’t say Lot was righteous.

It says He remembered Abraham.

Your Walk with God Has Reach

• Your prayers can cover people who don’t even know they’re in danger.

• Your obedience can open doors that bless others who didn’t sow the seeds.

• Your faith can shake generations.

Question: Who is being spared because you have favor?

II. Grace Is Not a Group Project

We live in a culture where people want access without obedience. They want the benefits of your devotion without the cost of their own.

➤ Like the 10 Virgins (Matthew 25)

Five were wise, five were foolish. The foolish asked to borrow oil. But the wise said, “No — go get your own.”

Why? Because some things cannot be borrowed — especially grace.

Yes, your family may be reaping from your walk with God. But eventually, everyone must get their own oil, their own relationship, their own surrender.

III. Biblical Examples of Borrowed Blessing

➤ Joseph & Potiphar’s House (Genesis 39:5)

“The Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake…”

Potiphar didn’t earn that blessing. Joseph did.

Truth: Some people are walking in your overflow and don’t even know it.

IV. There’s a Deadline on Borrowed Grace

Grace is free, but it’s not forever. God gives time and space for everyone to seek Him. But grace isn’t a shelter from personal responsibility.

Lot was saved, but his wife didn’t make it — why? She looked back.

His sons-in-law didn’t make it — why? They laughed at the warning.

Being around someone with grace doesn’t guarantee salvation.

V. Are You the Abraham in Your Family?

If you’re the one God talks to…

If you’re the one who fasts, prays, intercedes…

If you’re the one holding the line spiritually…

Don’t stop. But also — don’t be silent. Call your family out of Sodom. Warn them. Love them. Tell them:

“You may be benefitting off my grace right now — but God wants you to know Him too.”

VI. Appeal to the One Living Off Someone Else’s Grace

Maybe your grandmother prayed for you. Maybe your mother covers you. Maybe your spouse fasts for the family. But hear this:

God wants you. Not just your proximity to grace — He wants your heart.

You’ve been covered long enough. It’s time to walk with Him yourself.

Remember, You can’t ride someone else’s relationship with God into eternity.

You need your own repentance.

You need your own salvation.

You need your own walk.