To support communities reflecting the covenant of grace and covenant of peace, we encourage spiritual practices that reveal channels of grace and channels of peace. Believers who focus on Word, prayer, and sacraments (e.g., www.covenant.net/grace/channels) experience God, such as by praying Scripture back to God (Lectio Divina) and through partaking of sacraments to maintain peace and purity (e.g., http://www.covenant.net/peace/channels and www.Covenant.net/PeacePurity).

Leaders of the mediating institutions (authority structures emphasized in Scripture) are encouraged to support pastors who emphasize application of Word and prayer to issues that arise in culture spheres. Pastors preaching the Word are encouraged to address issues faced by mediating institution leaders as they encourage extension of the church purity and peace to the governance process in mediating institutions (e.g., the 7 culture spheres at www.covenant.net/7Spheres and www.covenant.net/7CitySpheres.

Grace and peace are rooted in the God's covenants with man and in His Gospel. See, e.g., www.covenant.net/GracePeaceGospel and https://www.covenant.net/GracePeaceCovenant. God the Father works through the Son and Spirit, as depicted by the above triangle and affirmed by passages such as 1 Corinthians 12:3 – "no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit." We experience grace and peace in relationship with Christ and in institutions where Christ provides Lordship while believers experience the sanctification of the Spirit and the love of God, the lawgiver.

To envision how a focus on grace and peace can help extend God's Kingdom, see the following essay about the Lord's prayer by T.M. Moore: www.covenant.net/SpheresKingdomManifesto/. (Chuck Colson wrote that T.M. is, "one of the brightest men I've ever known [and he] has profoundly affected my spiritual walk. [He] will help you see and apply the Scriptures in ways you've never imagined.")

To see how the "7 Spheres" are also explained as "7 Mountains," please see images at https://www.covenant.net/7Mountains and www.covenant.net/7CitySpheres, pictured here: